Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 52

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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FITZGERALD, John C .:

Democratic State Senator, who repre- sents the Eleventh Senate District in the Senate; was born in New York City, Nov. 12, 1863, of Irish-American parents; at- tended the public schools of New York; later he entered the glassware business and was engaged in it for some time, 9

when he became a United States Customs officer and held that position for ten years; in 1897 he was appointed an ex- pert accountant in the office of the Com- missioners of Accounts of New York City; elected State Senator in 1902; in 1903 was appointed a member of the following Sen- ate committees: Commerce and Naviga- tion, Miscellaneous Corporations, and Public Education. Address, 280 Broad- way, New York.

FITZGERALD, John Joseph:

Member of Congress; Democrat, of Brooklyn; was born in that city March 10, 1872, and has always resided there; re- ceived his preliminary education in the schools in the city; entered Manhattan College, New York City, and was grad- uated therefrom, receiving the degrees of bachelor and master of arts; studied law at the New York Law School; was admit- ted to the bar at the age of twenty-one, and the same year received from the re- gents of the State of New York the degree of bachelor of laws, cum laude; was a delegate to the National Democratic Con- vention at Kansas City in 1900; was elect- ed to the Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congress, and re-elected to the Fifty. eighth Congress. Address 215 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

FITZGERALD, Joseph:

Author; born 1837 in the city of Limer- ick, Ireland. Author of "Caseine, being Rural Meditations," published in Cincin- nati by John P. Walsh, 1869-out of print; "Word and Phrase: True and False Use in English," published in Chicago, 1901, by McClurg & Co .; translator of several works, mostly on natural science, from French and German; also works from Latin and Greek. Was assistant editor of the Popular Science Monthly, 1872-79, and later four years assistant editor of the Forum; edited for one year The Twen- tieth Century, weekly, New York; one of the editors of the Manifold Cyclopedia and the Columbian Cyclopedia; publisher of the Humboldt Library of Science, 1879- 89; graduate of Mount St. Mary's Col- lege, Emmittsburg, Md., 1856.

Address, Mamaroneck, N. Y.

FITZGERALD, Louis:

Soldier; born in New York City, May 31, 1838; after thorough education he en- tered business in his native city. In 1857 he joined the Seventh Militia Regiment of New York, and afterward entered the United States service as first lieutenant in the Eleventh New York Regiment. He took part in the first battle of Bull Run and was made captain for his gallantry. After the disbanding of the Eleventh he joined the Fortieth New York Regiment as first lieutenant, and again was promoted to captain for gallant services at the battle of Fair Oaks; acted as aide-de-camp dur- ing the peninsular campaign; afterward

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joined General J. G. Foster, commander of the Eighteenth Corps. In 1864 was bre- vetted major and subsequently lieuten- ant colonel in the National Guard of New York; 1882, he was appointed brigadier general and had charge of the Seventh, Eighth, Sixty-ninth and Seventy-first Militia Regiments of New York. He was president of the Mercantile Trust Com- pany for several years. Residence, 253 Lexington Ave .; office 120 Broadway, New York.

FLACK, William Henry:

Congressman; was born at Franklin Falls, Franklin County, N. Y., March 22, 1861; educated in the public schools; be- came interested in lumbering and tan- ning; was supervisor of the town of Wav- erly seven years and chairman of the board for two years; was elected county clerk of Franklin County in 1897, and re- elected in 1900; chairman of the Republi- can County Committee from 1898 to 1902; served as trustee of the village of Malone, and was elected president of said village in 1902; was elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. Address, Malone, N. Y.

FLAGG, Edward Octavus:

Clergyman, poet and lecturer; born in Georgetown, S. C., Dec. 13, 1824; son of Henry C. and Martha Flagg; studied civil engineering; educated at Hopkins Gram- mar School, New Haven, Conn., and Trin- ity College, Hartford, Conn .; D. D., Uni- versity of New York, 1866; LL.D., St. John's College, Annapolis, Md., 1898; mar- ried, first, Eliza W. McNiel, second, Mary L. Ferris; deacon, 1848, priest, 1849; held several pastorates; was rector All Saints' Church and Church of the Resur- rection, and assistant of Grace Church nearly six years; chaplain of the Ninth Regiment, N. Y. N. G., also of the Prince of Orange Masonic Lodge of New York; refused call to Trinity Church, New Or- leans. Author of poems, 1890, and later poems, 1895; composed words and music of a national anthem, "Rejoice for Liberty," and of a number of Christmas and Easter carols. He has lectured extensively in schools and in public, and was secretary of the Society of American Authors and one of its board of managers. Now re- tired from active ministry, although oc- casionally engaged in preaching and liter- ary work; he has been for a long time contributor to the press. Address, 1038 Fifth Ave., New York.

FLAGG, Ernest:

Architect; born in Brooklyn, 1860; en- tered Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, 1888; as the result of a competition was ap- pointed architect of St. Luke's Hospital, Morningside Heights, New York, 1892, also in the same year won the competition for the new Corcoran Gallery of Art, Wash- ington, and was appointed architect; in the following year won competition for

the proposed Washington State Capitol at Olympia; in 1894 entered competition for proposed new City Hall for New York; his design was one of the six selected by the jury for final choice from the 146 sub- mitted. Wrote articles on the l'Ecole des Beaux Arts published in the Architec- tural Record. In an article published in Scribner's Magazine in 1893, entitled "The New York Tenement House Evil and Its Cure," was the first to call attention to the fact that all the worst evils of the tenement house system of New York lay in the plan and the 25'x100' lot, and showed that tenement buildings of the size and shape of those common in New York could not be made to comply with proper sanitary requirements, and that the unit for the lots must be changed; the present tenement house law of New York is based on the correctness of this theory. Was architect for the model tene- ments for the City & Suburban Homes Company, on 68th and 69th Streets, and for the New York Fireproof Tenement Association, 10th Avenue and 41st and 42d Streets, New York, also for the D. O. Mills system of model hotels. In 1895 was appointed consulting architect for what was known as the Matthews commission, appointed by the Secretary of the Navy, to draw up a comprehensive plan for the complete rebuilding of the Naval Academy at Annapolis. The general plan prepared at that time was subsequently adopted by Secretary Long, and Mr. Flagg was chosen architect; ten million dollars has been appropriated to carry out the work, which is still in progress. Architect for the following buildings: Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company's build- ing, Hartford, Conn .; the Scribner Build- ing, Fifth Avenue, New York; St. Mar- garet Memorial Hospital, Pittsburg, Pa .; Naval Hospital, Washington, D. C .; Naval Hospital, Annapolis, Md .; Singer Manu- facturing Company's buildings, Broadway and Prince Street, and Broadway and Liberty Street, New York; First National Bank Building, Hartford, Conn .; Bourne Building, Liberty Street, New York; resi- dence for Mrs. Henry C. Potter, 89th Street and Riverside Drive, New York; residence for R. Fulton Cutting, 67th Street and Madison Avenue, New York; residence for Cortlandt F. Bishop, Esq., 67th Street, New York; residence for Ar- thur Scribner, Esq., 67th Street, New York; residence for Commodore F. G. Bourne, Oakdale, L. I., etc., etc. Ad- dress, 35 Wall St., New York.

FLAGLER, Henry M .:

One of the managers of Standard Oil Co .; born in Canandaigua, N. Y., about 1830. Early became clerk in store in Or- leans County; subsequently removed to Saginaw, Mich., and conducted salt works there; later became a resident of Cleve- land, and one of the pioneers in the petroleum business there. Upon his asso- ciation with Messrs. Rockefeller and An-

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drews, under the firm name of Rockefel- ler, Andrews & Flagler, his future in the business was assured; the men of this Arm were among the first to discover that, by the union of the interests of the different producers, an immense amount of expense might be saved to them all, and that dividends might be gained sim- ply from the savings, while, at the same time, light for the poor man might be made cheaper than he had ever known. Out of these considerations, the Standard Oil Company came into existence, suc- ceeding the firm of Andrews & Flagler, and he has been prominently identified with its management since its organiza- tion; he is now connected with numer- ous large enterprises; is a director in the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail- way, the Minnesota Iron Company, the Duluth & Iron Range Railroad, the West- ern Union Telegraph Company, the Inter- national Bank Note Company, the Jack- sonville, Tampa & Key West Railway, and other companies. He has built about six hundred miles of railroad in the State and otherwise added enormously to the taxable property of Florida. Is a member of the Union League, Metropolitan, City, Larchmont, New York and American Yacht Clubs and the New England So- ciety. Address, 26 Broadway, New York.

FLEMING, WIIllam Hansell:

Author, editor, lecturer; born in Phila- delphia, Aug. 23, 1844; educated in pub- lic schools of Philadelphia, graduating at Central High School, and at Princeton University, from which he received the degree of A. M., causa honoris, 1900; un- married. Author of "A Bibliography of First Folios (Shakespeare) in New York City," published in Shakespeariana; "The Division of Shakespeare's Plays into Acts," "The Shakespearian Dramas," and other magazine articles published in Werner's Magazine; "How to Study Shakespeare," Vol. I., 1897; Vol. II., 1899; Vol. III., 1903, published by Doubleday, Page & Co .; "Shakespeare's Plots: A Study in Dramatic Construction," pub- lished, 1902, Putnam. Editor Looker-On Magazine two years; also of Much Ado About Nothing, I. and II. Henry IV., Bankside Shakespeare. Lecturer for Board of Education, Greater New York. Ad- dress, 60 West 38th St., New York.

FLICK, Alexander Clarence:

Educator; born at Galion, O., Aug. 18, 1869; parents, Enos H. Flick and Eliza- beth Jane (Johnson) Flick; educated in public schools of Leesville, Crawford County, O .; prepared for college at Otter- bein Preparatory School, Westerville, O .; attended college at Heidelberg College, Tiffin, O., and Otterbein University, West- erville, O .; was graduated from the latter institution with the degree of A. B. in 1894, and received A. M. in 1897; at- tended Columbia University in 1894-5, and 1895-6 as fellow in history, and received

Ph.D. from that institution; went to Syra- cuse University in 1896-7 as instructor in history; made associate professor in 1898, and full professor of European history in 1900; married Laura T. Page in 1899, and have three children: Dorothy Jean, John Williston and Alexander Clarence, Jr .; in 1902-3 spent eighteen months in Europe, studying in Jena, Berlin, Paris, Rome and London. Have written "A History of Loyalism in New York during the Revolu- tion," published by Macmillan, 1901; "A Short History of New York State," pub- lished by Maynard, Merrill & Co .; "His- tory in Rhymes and Jingles," Saulfield Publishing Co., and many magazine and newspaper articles. Is a member of vari- ous social and educational societies; has lectured extensively on historical subjects. Address, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y.

FLINT, Austin, M. D., LL.D .:

Born March 28, 1836, at Northampton, Mass .; prepared for college in private schools in Buffalo, N. Y .; entered Har- vard University, freshman class, in 1852; honorable demit from Harvard in 1853; employed in the engineer department, Louisville & Nashville Railroad, at Bow- ling Green, Ky., winter of 1853-54, and in the city surveyor's office, Buffalo, N. Y., summer of 1854. Began the study of med- icine in the office of Dr. Frank H. Ham- ilton, Buffalo, N. Y., in the fall of 1854; attended lectures in the medical depart- ment of the University of Louisville, Ky., in 1854-55 and 1855-66; assistant in physi- ology to Dr. John C. Dalton, professor of physiology, Woodstock (Vt.) Medical Col- lege, summer of 1855; attended lectures at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadel- phia, Pa., 1856-57; M. D., Jefferson Medi- cal College, 1857; began practice of medi- cine in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1857; editor of the Buffalo Medical Journal, 1857-60; pro- fessor of physiology, medical department, University of Buffalo, 1858-59; visiting surgeon, Buffalo General Hospital, 1858; removed from Buffalo, N. Y., to the City of New York in 1859; professor of physi- ology, New York Medical College, 1859- 60; professor of physiology, New Orleans School of Medicine, 1860-61. Visited Eu- rope in the summer of 1861 and studied physiology with Prof. Claude Bernard and histology with Prof. Ch. Robin. Acting as- sistant surgeon, U. S. Army, U. S. General Hospital, City of New York, 1862-65. Mar- ried, Dec. 23, 1862, to Elizabeth B. Mc- Master, of Ballston, Spa, N. Y. Professor of physiology, etc., and one of the found- ers of the Bellevue Hospital Medical Col- lege of the City of New York, 1861-98; professor of physiology, Long Island Col- lege Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1862-68; professor of physiology in the Cornell Uni- versity Medical College, 1898; visiting physician to Bellevue Hospital, 1869, and consulting physician, 1896; consulting phy- sician to class of nervous diseases, Belle- vue Hospital Dispensary, 1866; surgeon-

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general, State of New York, 1874-78; ex- amining physician, Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Co., New York office, 1871- 86; editor of the first volume of transac- tions of the New York State Medical As- sociation, 1885; LL.D., Jefferson Medical College, 1885. Member of the American Medical Association; fellow of the New York State Medical Association; corres- pondent of the Academy of Natural Sci- ences, Philadelphia, Pa .; member of the American Philosophical Society; honorary member of the American Academy of Medicine; member of the American Med- ico-Psychological Association; fellow of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, etc .; decoration of the Third Class-Order of the Bust of the Liberator (Bolivar), Republic of Venezu- ela, 1891. Visiting physician, insane pa- vilion, Bellevue Hospital, 1896; consult- ing physician, Manhattan State Hospital for the Insane, 1896; president of the Con- sulting Board, 1899; president of the New York State Medical Association, 1895; president of the Medical Association of the Greater City of New York, 1899; member of the executive committee of the New York Prison Association, 1896. Address, 60 East 34th St. New York.

FLINT, Austin, Jr., M. D .:

Born New York; M. D., Bellevue, 1889; visiting physician, Midwifery Dispensary, New York City, since 1891; assistant vis- iting physician, Bellevue and« Emergency Hospitals since 1891; assistant to chair of obstetrics and diseases , of women and children, Bellevue Hospital Medical Col- lege since 1892; professor since 1897. Ad- dress, 34 East 54th St., New York.

FLINT, Charles R .:

Merchant, son of Benjamin Flint, the ship-owner; born at Thomaston, Me., Jan. 24, 1850. He was educated in the public schools of that place, and afterwards in those of Brooklyn, after his father's re- moval to that city, and at a private school at Topsham, Me .; his education was com- pleted in the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, from which he graduated in 1868; on graduating he was elected presi- dent of his class and of the Alumni. His first knowledge of business was gained as a dock clerk; in 1869 he became the con- fidential clerk of W. R. Grace, and in 1871 organized the firm of Gilchrist, Flint & Co., ship-chandlers; in 1872 he joined with Mr. Grace, his former employer, in or- ganizing the firm of W. R. Grace & Co., their business being that of a shipping and commission trade with the countries of the Pacific coast of South America, especially Peru; in 1876 he organized the firm of Grace, Brothers & Co., of Callao, Peru. On his return to New York at the end of that year, he was appointed by the republic of Chile its consul in this city, which office he held until 1879, being in 1878, during the absence of the chargé d'affaires, placed in charge of the archives

and correspondence of the Chilean lega- tion. He resigned the consulate in April, 1879, on the declaration of war by Chile against Peru, on account of the relation of his firm to Peru as financial agents of that country; this resignation was cabled to Chile, and the affairs of the consulate placed in charge of a Chilean official, then residing in New York. Mr. Flint's busi- ness relations subsequently became much broadened; in 1880 he was elected presi- dent of the United States Electric Light- ing Company, and in 1884 visited Brazil, where he established a large rubber busi- ness on the Amazon River; upon his re- turn he was appointed consul for Nicara- gua in New York and represented that republic in negotiating with the parties who had received the concession for con- structing the Nicaragua Canal. In 1885 he became a member of the firm of Flint & Co., composed of his father, himself, and his brother, Wallace B. Flint, and with the shipping business of this firm united the rubber, lumber and commission business which he had previously devel- oped. He is now the senior member of this firm, which is largely engaged in the importation of wool, hides and skins from the Argentine Confederation and Uruguay and the exportation of American manu- factures. In 1878 he organized the Export Lumber Company, which now has yards in New York Boston, Portland, Montreal, Ottawa, and in Michigan, and has handled over two hundred million feet of lumber in one year. In 1881 he formed a com- bination of the leading dealers in crude rubber, and, in 1886, organized the New York Commercial Company, the largest dealer in this material in the world. The business of manufacturing rubber shoes and boots was similarly consolidated by him, the result being the organization of the United States Rubber Company, of New Jersey, its capital being $40,000,000; he is the treasurer of this company; the producers of mechanical rubber goods were similarly combined by him in an or- ganization known as the Mechanical Rub- ber Company, with a capital of $15,000,- 000, in which he is a director and chair- man of the finance committee; he is con- nected also with several banks, trust, railroad and steamship companies, and is at present consul-general of Costa Rica in the United States. In 1889-90 he served as a delegate to the International Ameri- can Conference, at Washington, and suggested the idea of establishing an In- ternational American Bank, and also pro- posed the organization of the existing Bureau of American Republics. As con- tidential agent of the department of State he negotiated with Brazil the first re- ciprocity treaty under the Aldrich amend- ment, and during the Da Gama rebellion in Brazil was the agent of President Piex- oto in the purchase of vessels and war material. He fitted out a fleet of war vessels for the Brazilian government in 1895; established Pacific Coast Clipper

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Line, between New York and San Fran- cisco, 1896; confidential agent of United States government in negotiating for war vessels since 1899; organized the American Chisle Co., Sloss-Sheffield Iron & Steel Co., U. S. Bobbin & Shuttle Co., Ameri- can Industrial Co., American Pipe Co., Computing Scale Co., and others. Mem- ber of Union, Century, Metropolitan, New York Yacht Clubs. Residence, 4 East 36th St .; office, 25 Broad St., New York.

FLOOD-KEYES, Regina:

Physician and surgeon; born Elmira, N. Y., April 18, 1870; granddaughter of Dr. P. H. Flood, surgeon of the One Hundred and Seventh N. Y. Volunteers, with rank of lieutenant-colonel; graduated from University of Buffalo, medical de- partment, 1896; now clinical instructor in obstetrics and gynecology at University of Buffalo; physician in charge of Uni- versity of Buffalo Dispensary; attending physician at Erie County Hospital in ob- stetrics; assistant gynecologist to Buffalo General Hospital. Address, 181 Allen St., Buffalo, N. Y.

FLOWER, Anson R .:

Banker, who succeeded his. brother, former Governor Roswell P. Flower, as the head of the great banking house which has its headquarters at No. 45 Broadway; was born in Theresa, Jefferson County, N. Y., June 20, 1843; he is mar- ried. Is a member of the Manhattan, Metropolitan, Riding, Democratic, and Church Clubs, New York; Ardsley Casino (of Ardsley-on-Hudson), and of the Amer- ican Museum of Natural History, Metro- politan Museum of Art, New England So- ciety and American Fine Arts Society; he is a director in the Amalgamated Copper Company, Brooklyn Rapid Transit Rail- road Company, Brooklyn Heights Rail- road Co., Nassau Electric Railroad Co., etc., also the Colonial Trust Co., Inter- national Paper Co. and the People's Gas Light & Coke Co. Residence, 601 Fifth Ave .; office, 45 Broadway, New York.

FLOY, Henry:

Consulting electrical and mechanical engineer; born Elizabeth, N. J., Sept. 19, 1866; son of James Floy and grandson of the Rev. Dr. James Floy, a noted aboli- tionist; graduated, A. B., Wesleyan Uni- versity, 1899; M. E., Cornell University, 1891; M. A., Wesleyan University, 1892; with the Westinghouse Electric & Manu- facturing Company, as engineer; in Pitts- burg until 1896; Chicago until 1897; Min- neapolis, 1898; associated with Professor R. C. Carpenter, of Cornell University, in consulting engineering in New York City, 1898 to 1901. Gained international reputation by reason of first installing really high tension electric transmission underground, namely, 25,000 volts. Is a frequent writer for engineering publica-

tions. Married Alice Van Benschoten, East Orange, N. J., 1895. He is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Crescent Athletic Club, Re- publican Club of East Orange, Cornell University Club, Wesleyan University Alumni Association, Psi Upsilon Club. Di- rector of Orange Y. M. C. A .; president of Orange County Gas & Electric Com- pany, Middletown, N. Y., Henry Floy Co., Henry Floy & Co., the National Consoli- dated Company, New York City; secre- tary of Neversink Light & Power Com- pany, Middletown, N. Y. Address, 220 Broadway, New York.

FLYNT, Josiah:

(Literary pseudonym of Josiah Flynt . Willard); author. Mr. Willard was born in Appleton, Wis., in 1869; he was edu- cated at Berlin University, and resided in the German capital for five years; he has been a frequent contributor to some of the leading periodicals in the United States and England, and he has published a number of volumes, including "Tramp- ing with Tramps" and "Notes of an Itin- erant Policeman." Address, Briarcliffe Manor, New York.

FOGARTY, Thomas:

Artist, illustrator; born in New York City, 1873; took scientific course at De La Salle Institute, New York City; studied art at Art Students' League under

Twachtman, Beckwith and Mowbray; was connected with the American Exchange National Bank, 1887; entered the publish- ing house of Chas. Scribner's Sons after leaving the American Exchange National Bank; remained here four months; began illustrating on Harper's Young People, in 1893, with poor success; also published a few drawings in Life about this time; drew for school books and histories for the American Book Co .; liis work leans toward character and realism. Books il- lustrated by him: Riis' "The Making of an American," 1901; "Battle With the Slum," 1902; "The Meloon Farm," "The Blazed Trail," "The Forest," the latter work being the result of a canoe trip into the Canadian wilderness with the author. Is on the staff of McClure's, Collier's and Outlook, and contributes to the other leading periodicals; has illustrated for Harper's Weekly, Saturday Evening Post, Century, Scribner's and McClure's Maga- zines. He is a member of the Society of Illustrators and of Players' Club. Ad- dress, 38 East 22d St., New York.

FOLEY, Samuel J .:

Democratic State Senator, representing the Twelfth Senate District; was born of Irish-Canadian parents at Quebec, July 10, 1862; he moved to New York when a child and was educated at the public and night schools of the city; since 1876 he has been a buyer of dry goods for export with the house of E. D. Cordes & Co .;

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he is married; was elected to Assembly in 1890, 1891, 1892; in the session of the Assembly in 1892 he was the author of a general bill codifying the excise laws of the State, which later became a law; he also introduced a bill making the term of office of the Aldermen of New York two years; this was passed by the Assembly; in 1895 he was elected to the Senate; re- elected in 1898, 1900 and 1902; in 1903 was appointed a member of the following Sen- ate committees: Finance, Taxation and Retrenchment, Banks, and Public Health. Address, care E. D. Cordes & Co., 16 Ex- change Place, New York.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 52

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