Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 57

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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GIBNEY, Virgil Pendleton, M.D., LL.D .:


Born in Kentucky, 1847; A. B., Ken- tucky University, 1869; A. M., 1872; LL.D., 1899; M. D., Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1871; professor orthopedy, sur- geon, New York Polyclinic, 1881-94; sur- geon-in-chief, Ruptured and Crippled Hospital, since 1887; consulting surgeon Nurses' and Child's Hospital, and of Mon- tefiore Hospital; member County Medical, State Medical, Surgical, Pathological, and several national societies, and the Acad- emy of Medicine; professor orthopedic surgery, College Physicians and Surgeons, since 1894. Address, 16 Park Ave., New York.


GIBSON, Charles Dana:


Illustrator; born Roxbury. Mass., Sept. 14, 1867; son of Charles De Wolf and Josephine E. (Loritt) Gibson; of old New England origin; studied in Boston and Flushing, L. I., where parents early re- moved; studied, 1883 and 1884, at Art Students' League; 1887, devoted himself to illustrating; since 1899 has contributed exclusively to Life; he has illustrated Richard Harding Davis' "Soldiers of For- tune"; Anthony Hope's "Prisoner of Zen- da," and "Rupert of Hentzau," and other books; among the series of sketches made by him are "Americans," 1890; "London as seen by C. D. Gibson," 1898; "People of Dickens," 1898; "Sketches on Egypt," 1898; "Education of Mr. Pipo," 1899; "The Widow and His Friends." 1901; he is noted for his simple and telling style of drawing, bringing out with a few bold


strokes the beautiful, strong types known as the "Gibson Women," and the fine athletic "Gibson Men"; he is a member of the Players', Racquet and Meadow Brook Clubs; married, Nov. 7, 1895, to Irene Longhome, of Richmond, Va. Resi- dence, 127 East 73d St .; studio, 19 West 31st St., New York.


GIBSON, Charles Langdon:


Physician; born Boston, Mass., May 5, 1864; educated abroad and at Adams Academy and Harvard (A. B., 1886, and M. D., 1889) ; practiced in New York since 1890; attending surgeon to St. Luke's, General Memorial and the City (Charity) Hospitals; instructor in surgery, Cornell University Medical College; member of the New York Academy of Medicine, the County and State Medical Societies, Clini- cal Society, Surgical Society and the American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons; member of the University, Cen- tury, Harvard and Hospital Graduates' Clubs; also the Society of Colonial Wars and the Sons of the Revolution. Address, 48 West 49th St., New York.


GIBSON, Francis M .:


Captain (retired), U. S. Army, and dep- uty commissioner of Street Cleaning De- partment of New York City; 1867, was as- signed to the Seventh Cavalry, U. S. Army, as second lieutenant, from civil life; remained with regiment until he was retired. 1891. Since 1895 has been the executive directly in charge of five thou- sand men, having served through four municipal administrations and about to serve under a fifth. Address, Street Cleaning Department, New York.


GIBSON, Robert Williams:


Architect; born Aveley, Essex, Eng- land, Nov. 17, 1854; received private school education in Gravesend; subse- quently studied in Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1875-79, graduating latter year; during 1880 traveled Spain, France and Italy on sketching tour; 1881, came to United States, making his home in Albany till 1888, when he came to New York City. Designed P. E. Cathedral, Albany; in New York City the United States Trust Company building, Wall Street; Fifth Avenue and Greenwich Savings Banks; Clearing House; Coffee Exchange; New York Eye and Ear In- firmary; New York Botanical Garden Mu- seum building; St. Michael's and Col- legiate Reformed Churches; also numer- ous dwellings, club houses, banks, etc., in other sections of the country. Has been director of American Institute of Architects; twice president of Architec- tural League; is member of Chamber of Commerce of State of New York, Century Association, New York City; National Arts Club; Botanical Gardens Society; Seawanhaka-Corinthian Yacht Club; mar-


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ried, Sept. 1, 1890, _to Caroline Ham- mond. Address, 15 East 77th St .; office, 76 William St., New York.


GIBSON, William C .:


Rear-admiral, U. S. Navy; born in Al- bany, N. Y., July 23, 1838; entered the service as a volunteer officer, Dec. 15, 1862; served during the Rebellion on Po- tomac Flotilla and North and South At- lantic Blockading Squadrons; commis- sioned as ensign, in regular service, March 12, 1868; master, Dec. 18, 1868; lieutenant, March 21, 1870; Narragansett (third rate), West India Station, 1869; Navy Yard, New York, 1870; Mohican (third rate), Pacific Fleet, 1871-72; Pen- sacola (second rate), Pacific Fleet, 1872- 73; Onward, store ship at Callao, 1873; Roanoke (ironclad), 1874-75; Frolic (fourth rate), South Atlantic Station, 1875-77; Navy Yard, New York, 1877-80; Yantic (fourth rate), North Atlantic Sta- tion, 1881-86. Promoted to lieutenant-com- mander, July 13, 1884; commandant Navy Yard, Pensacola, Fla., 1884-88; store-ship Monongahela, as executive officer, Oct., 1888, to Feb., 1890; commanded the Mo- nongahela, Feb., 1890, to Oct., 1890, made the passage under sail, San Francisco to New York, in 106 days; Navy Yard, New York, special and equipment duty, Nov., 1890, to March, 1892; commanded supply steamer Fern, March, 1892, to Nov., 1893; promoted to commander, July 4, 1893; equipment officer, Navy Yard, Ports- mouth, N. H., Nov., 1893, to Nov., 1896, commanded training-ship Adams in the Pacific, Jan. 7, 1897, to May, 1898; com- manded the chartered steamer City of Peking, May to Aug., 1898, the City of Peking carried the first California Volun- teer Regiment to Manila; senior member of board of inspection, Navy Yard, New York, Oct., 1898, to Feb., 1900. Promoted to captain, Feb., 1900; commanded bat- tleship Texas, Feb. to July, 1900; retired with rank of rear-admiral, July 23, 1900. Address, 1412 Pacific St., Brooklyn, N. Y.


GIEGERICH, Leonard A .:


Jurist; born Bavaria, May, 1855; studied in parochial and public schools and De La Salle Institute; admitted to bar, 1877; member of assembly; collector internal revenue, New York, 1887-90; judge Court of Common Pleas, 1891-95; judge Supreme Court since 1896. Address, 267 Seventh St., New York.


GILBERT, Charles Benajah:


Educator, editor; born Wilton, Conn., March 9, 1855; studied at Williams, grad- uating in 1876; principal of high schools, Mankato and Winona, Minn; at Beaver Dam and Oshkosh, Wis., 1878-83; princi- pal of St. Paul High School, 1883-89; su- perintendent of schools at St. Paul, 1889- 96; superintendent of schools, Newark, N. J., 1896-1900; Rochester, N. Y., 1900- 03; lecturer at Teachers' College, Colum- bia University, 1897-1900; member of the


American Association for the Advance- ment of Science, City Club, National Arts Club, New York, University Club, Boston, Society of Genesee, Society of Minnesota; editor-in-chief educational department, D. Appleton & Co., since 1903. Part au- thor of "Stepping Stones to Literature" (8 vols) and of "Stories of Heroes" (6 vols.). Address, D. Appleton & Co., 436 Fifth Ave., New York.


GILBERT, Charles Pierrepont, H .:


Architect; born New York, Aug. 29, 1861, of New England descent; son of Loring Gilbert and Carolyn C. Etchiveri; he married Florence Cecil Morse, Sept. 14, 1888; took special college courses in civil engineering and architecture, and also studied painting, sculpture and fine arts under noted artists; since 1886 has designed hotels, office and bank build- ings, churches, railroad stations, factories and business buildings, and some of the most prominent private residences in the city and in the suburbs. He is a director and stockholder in several manufacturing concerns and is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects; member of the Architectural League, Fine Arts Society, Municipal Arts Society, Society of the Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colo- nial Wars, New England Society, War of 1812 Society; member of the Chamber of Commerce, and charter member and one of the founders of Squadron A, Cavalry, National Guard of State of New York, formerly known as the New York Hus- sars; is a member of Metropolitan, Rac- quet and Tennis; Union League, Riding, Lawyers', Ardsley and Country Clubs. Business address, Townsend Building, New York.


GILBERT, Mrs. George Henry:


Actress; born Rochdale, Lancashire County, England, Oct. 21, 1821; appeared first in 1846, under management of Ab- ington, in Norwich circuit; same year married George Henry Gilbert, and in 1849 came to America, where she appeared with great success as a dancer; abandoned dancing and appeared with Wm. E. Bur- ton as Lady Creamly in the "Serious Family," and Mrs. Hardcastle in "She Stoops to Conquer," at Cleveland, O., 1857; Sept., 1864, first played in New York at the Olympia as the Baroness in "Fi- nesse;" has since played Mrs. Wilfer, in Dickens; also. in "Merry Wives of Wind- sor," "Taming of the Shrew," " "Railroad of Love," and others. Address, care Daly's Theatre, New York.


GILBERT, Karl:


Geologist; born Rochester, N. Y., May 6, 1843; graduated from Rochester Uni- versity, 1862; connected with Prof. Henry A. Ward in geological work; 1869, volun- teer assistant in Ohio Geological Survey; 1871 geologist on survey work of 100th meridian; 1874-79, assistant geologist to


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Major John W. Powell in geographical and geological survey of Rocky Mountain country; 1879, geologist of U. S. Geological Survey, in charge of first division of Great Basin, later of Appalachian divi- sion. Member of several scientific soci- eties; 1887, one of vice-presidents of Amer- ican Association for the Advancement of Science; 1885-86, president of American Society of Naturalists; 1883, member of National Academy of Sciences; con- tributes much to journals of these soci- eties. Author of "Geology of the Henry Mountains," 1877; "Lake Bonneville," 1890; "Introduction to Physical Geogra- phy," 1902. Address, Washington, D. C.


GILBERT, Walter Bond:


Organist and composer; born Exeter, England, 1829. Articled pupil for five years under the late Alfred Angel, organ- ist of Exeter Cathedral; also under Dr. Wesley, of Winchester Cathedral; assis- tant to the late Dr. Corfe, organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford; pupil of Sir Henry R. Bishop for orchestration. Received degree of Bachelor of Music, Oxford University, 1854. One of the foun- ders of the English Royal College of Or- ganists, and Life Fellow of the same, 1868; Hon. Mus. Doc. Trinity College, Toronto, 1886; Oxford Doc. Mus., New College, 1888. Organist of Trinity Chapel, Trinity Parish, New York, 1869-99. Re- tired on pension, and presented with silver tea service by the congregation of Trinity Chapel. Author of "St. John," "Restoration of Israel," "Judith," ora- torios, sixty-five anthems, organ composi- tions, piano music and numerous songs and other vocal music, one hymn, "Pleas- ant Are Thy Courts Above," has achieved a circulation of over eleven million copies being printed in every known collection of sacred music. Address, 52 West 93d St., New York.


GILDER, Jeannette Leonard:


Journalist; born Flushing, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1849; first in editorial department of Scribner's Monthly; 1875, literary editor of the New York Herald, later dramatic and musical critic; 1881, editor of The Critic, founded by herself and her brother, Joseph B. Gilder; she continues to hold that position; has been correspondent for the London Academy, and others; cor- respondent now for the Chicago Tribune. Has published "Taken by Siege," "Pen Portraits of Literary Women" (with Helen G. Cone), "Essays from the Critic" (with J. B. Gilder), "Representative Poems of Living Poets." 1886; "Authors at Home," 1889, and "The Autobiography of a Tomboy," 1900. Residence, 100 East 17th St .; office, The Critic, 27 West 23d St., New York.


GILDER, Joseph B .:


United States government despatch agent at London since May 20, 1902; born


at St. Thomas' Hall (a woman's college conducted by his father, the late Rev. William H. Gilder, M. A.), Flushing, N. Y., June 29, 1858; entered U. S. Naval Academy, at Annapolis, 1872; resigned, 1874. Reporter on Newark (N. J.) news- papers for two or three years; for six months wrote New York letters to the Boston Advertiser, Buffalo Courier, and other papers; removed to New York and became connected with the Herald in 1877; resigned assistant city editorship in Dec., 1880; with his sister, Jeannette L. Gilder, started The Critic in Jan., 1881, and with her was its co-editor till Dec., 1901. Was for many years president and treasurer of the Critic Company; treas- urer of the American Copyright League, 1886; edited "Orations and After-Dinner Speeches of Chauncey M. Depew" (1894), James Russell Lowell's "Impressions of Spain" (1899), and Andrew Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth" (1900), and compiled "The American Idea" (1902); joint editor with J. L. Gilder of "Essays from The Critic," and "Authors at Home." Has contributed prose and verse to The Critic and The Century, and verse to Harper's Monthly, Harper's Weekly, Lippincott's Magazine, The Independent, The. Youth's Companion, etc. Was one of the organ- izers (1891) and first secretary of the University Settlement Society of New York, which has established a "neigh- borhood house," on the plan of Toynbee hall, in the poorest and most crowded quarter of the metropolis; literary adviser to The Century Company, 1895-1902; severed his connection with The Critic Company and The Century Company, Jan. 1, 1902, to associate himself with Messrs. Dodd, Mead & Co., publishers, in whose service he went to London in March of that year; a few weeks later was appointed United States despatch agent as successor of the late B. F. Stev- ens, who had held the post for thirty-five years. Address, care State Department, Washington, D. C.


GILDER, Richard Watson:


Editor of Century Magazine; born in Bordentown, N. J., Feb. 8, 1844; 1865, on staff of Advertiser, Newark, N. J .; 1868, began, with Newton Crane, Newark Morning Register; 1869, editor of Hours at Home, Scribner, Armstrong & Co., sub- sequently associate editor of Scribner's Monthly and later Century Magazine; 1881, editor-in-chief of latter, a position he continues to hold; honorary LL.D from Dickinson and Wesleyan; A. M. Harvard, L. H. D. Princeton and Yale; first president of New York Kindergarten Association; president of Public Art League of United States; member of National Civil Service Reform League; member (formerly first vice-president) of City and member of Players' Century, Authors' and National Art Clubs. Pres- ident Tenement House Commission, 1894. Author of "The New Day," 1875; "Ly-


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rics." "The Celestial Passion," "Two


Worlds," "The Great Remembrance," and "In Palestine," etc. Address, 33 East 17th St., New York.


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GILDERSLEEVE, Henry Alger:


Jurist; born in Dutchess County, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1840; educated at district and boarding school; on the outbreak of the Civil War recruited for the One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment, N. Y. State Volun- teer Infantry, and was mustered in as captain of Company C on Oct. 11, 1862; he served with his regiment in the Middle Department, under General Wool, and subsequently in the Army of the Potomac, in which, with his regiment, he partici- pated in the battle of Gettysburg and in the subsequent campaigns in Maryland and Virginia. After several months of special duty he, in June, 1864, rejoined his regiment at Keneshaw Mountain, where it formed a part of the command of Gen- eral Sherman, then engaged in fighting its way to Atlanta; served in Sherman's army until the close of the war, partici- pating in numerous battles and skirmish- es, and making the famous march with Sherman to the sea. He was afterwards made provost-marshal of the First Divi- sion of the Twentieth Army Corps, on the staff of General Williams, of Michigan; was subsequently promoted to the rank of major of his regiment, and brevetted lieutenant-colonel, U. S. Volunteers, by President Lincoln, "for gallant and mer- itorious service in the campaigns of Georgia and the Carolinas." When mus- tered out of service, in June, 1865, he chose the law as his profession, and in the autumn of that year entered the Colum- bia College Law School; he was admitted to the bar in 1866, and from that time until his elevation to the bench, in 1875, practiced in New York City. In 1870 he was unanimously chosen lieutenant-col- onel of the Twelfth Regiment, N. G. N. Y., subsequently became assistant ad- jutant-general and chief of staff in the First Division of the New York National Guard, with the rank of colonel, which position he held for more than twelve years. He also became famous as a rifle- man, and was captain of the American Rifle Team during its successful tour of Great Britain and Ireland in 1875, in which its success was largely due to his skill. In 1875 he was elected judge of the Court of General Sessions of the City of New York, and for fourteen years sat upon the bench of that court, disposing of an immense number of criminal cases of every kind and description; justice of the Supreme Court, New York. 1894-1905. Residence, 28 West 48th St .; office, County Court House, New York.


GILFILLAN, W. Whitehead:


Physician and oculist; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1868; only son of Dr. Wil- liam and the late Caroline Medora (Ladd)


Gilfillan; chose medical profession, and graduated M. D. from New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1890; member New York Yacht Club, New York Ath- letic Club; fellow of New York Academy of Medicine, New York County Medical Society, Sons of the Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars; associate member of the Alumni of the City Hospital; corres- ponding member of the Richmond County Medical Society; oculist to the French Hospital, the City Hospital, Blackwell's Island; the Sailors' Snug Harbor, Staten Island; the House of Refuge, Randall's Island, Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital. Author of many professional articles and pamphlets. Address, 24 West 59th St., New York.


GILL, (Miss) Laura Drake:


Educator; born Chesterville, Me., Aug. 24, 1860; graduated from Smith College, 1881 (A. M. in biology, 1885); studied mathematics, University of Leipzig, 1890- 92; Geneva, 1892; Sorbourd, Paris, 1892-93; dean of Barnard College, New York, from May 1, 1901, to date; instructor in mathe- matics in Burnham School, Northampton, Mass., 1881-1898; in relief work in Span- ish-American War and in Cuba, 1898- 1901; president Women's University Club of New York; general secretary of the National Association of Collegiate Alum- nae. Residence, 425 West End Ave., New York.


GILL, Theodore Nicholas:


Naturalist; born New York City, March 21, 1837; educated in his native city; for some time connected with J. Carson Brevoort in arranging and describing ich- thyological collections; 1863, assistant in Smithsonian, at Washington; became an authority on mammals and fishes; 1884, professor of zoology in Columbian Uni- versity, Washington, a position he con- tinues to hold; member of the National Academy of Sciences and various other scientific societies; has received the de- grees of A. M., M. D., Ph.D., and LL.D. from Columbia. Author of numerous sci- entific papers, among them being "Ar- rangements of the Families of Mollusks," "Arrangements of the Families of Mam- mals," "Arrangements of the Families of Fishes." "Catalogue of the Fishes of the East Coast of North America," "Biblio- graphy of the Fishes of the Pacific Coast of the United States to the end of 1879," and second edition of Goode's "American Fishes" (1903). Address. 321-323 John Marshall Place; also Smithsonian Insti- tution, or Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C.


GILL, William Fearing:


Journalist, author; born Boston, Mass .; son of Thomas Gill, of Devonshire, Eng- land, and Catherine Le Beau, a descend- ant of L'Admirale Le Beau, of France; married Edith Olive Gwynne, daughter of Abram E. Gwynne, an eminent Cincinnati


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jurist, and Cettie M. Flagg, of a promi- nent old Southern family; lectured under the auspices of Boston Lyceum Bureau for several seasons, throughout the coun- try. He came to New York in 1880, and from that time was associated with the editorial staffs of some of the New York journals, until the season of 1895, when he took up his residence abroad, remaining several years; in 1898 he came promi- nently before the European public as a leader in the great peace movement pro- jected by the Baroness Von Sütner, Hon. Frederic Passy, Prince and Princess Wie- szneiwska, and others. In May, 1898, he organized the Peace League in Paris, greatly enlarging the scope of the peace propaganda by a series of meetings, call- ing together delegates from all the leading European societies of this order; he es- tablished, in association with William K. Vanderbilt, William Jay, the late Frederic Bronson, and others, the only general "cheap cab" service the Ameri- can Metropolis has ever known; and in- troduced the "hansom" cab into success- ful and permanent use here. When the Poe Cottage, the home of Edgar Allen Poe, of Fordham, was in the way of be- ing destroyed, he bought in this precious historical relic at public auction, and, when he went abroad in the nineties, pro- tected it by a formal reservation, which provides for its safe keeping for posterity. He wrote the first complete biography of Edgar Allen Poe, published in a separate volume, "The Martyred Church" (Old Trinity Church of Boston); also several plays, including a version of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"; and edited "Laurel Leaves." "Lotos Leaves," "Papyrus Leaves," "Horn of Plenty," etc., etc. Address, 3 East 86th St., New York.


GILLENDER, Augustus Theophilus:


Lawyer; was born Hyde Park, Dutch- ess County, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1843; son of Theophilus and Jane Ann (Schell) Gil- lender. His father. a retired merchant, was at one time editor of the Poughkeep- sie Telegraph, and also postmaster of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, under Pres- ident Buchanan. He was educated at Peekskill (New York) Academy, and also at Albany Law School, from which he graduated in 1863; was admitted to the bar, and has ever since been in active practice of his profession; one of his pres- ent partners, Ezekiel Fixman, of the firm of Gillender, Fixman & Mumford, has been associated with Mr. Gillender for thirty years; his other partner is William W. Mumford, the son of George E. Mum- ford, formerly president of the Mer- chants' Bank of Rochester, N. Y. The present firm has been in existence for a period of three years. He was married, on Nov. 30. 1865, to Sarah Willard Trotter, granddaughter of Teunis Van Vechten and great-great-granddaughter of General Matthew Trotter, a general in the War of the Revolution, and great-great-grand-


daughter of Elias Willard, who was a dis- tinguished surgeon in the Revolutionary army; has been a member of the Union Club, of New York City, for twenty-five years; he is also a member of the Tilden Club, and of the Knollwood Club, located near his country residence, in the vicin- ity of White Plains, N. Y. Address, 235 West 75th St., New York.


GILLESPIE, George de Normandie:


Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church; born Goshen, N. Y., June 14, 1819; graduated from General Theological Seminary, 1840; ordained deacon by Bish- op B. T. Onderdonk, June, 1840, at St. Peter's Church, New York; ordained priest by Bishop De Lancey, June, 1843, at St. Mark's Church, Leroy, N. Y .; rec- tor, first, of St. Mark's Church, Leroy, then of St. Paul's, Cincinnati, O .; of Zion Church, Palmyra, N. Y., and after ten years of St. Andrew's Church, Ann Arbor, Mich .; 1875, consecrated bishop of West- ern Michigan, the duties of which office he continues to execute; has received degree of D. D. from Hobart. Author of "The Season of Lent," "The Communion of Saints," and other religious works. Has been on the Michigan State Board of Charities and Corrections since 1876. Ad- dress, 162 Fountain St., Grand Rapids, Mich.


GILLET, Charles William:


Congressman, Republican, of Addison; was born at Addison, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1840; graduated from Union College, Schenec- tady, N. Y., in class of 1861; enlisted as a private in the Eighty-sixth Regiment New York Volunteers, Aug., 1861; was made adjutant of the regiment, Nov., 1861, and served as adjutant until dis- charged from service for disabilities in 1863; was elected to the Fifty-third, Fif- ty-fourth, Fifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh Congresses, and re-elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress. Address,


Addison, N. Y.


GILLETTE, Cassius E .:


Captain, U. S. Army; born at Jasper, N. Y., Dec. 19, 1859; entered U. S. Mili- tary Academy, July 1, 1880, from Six- teenth Congressional District, Pennsyl- vania; was graduated, July 12, 1884; as- signed to Corps of Engineers as second lieutenant; 1884 to 1887, at Engineering School, Willets Point, N. Y .; 1887-91, in charge of locks and dams on Muskingum River, at Zanesville, O .; 1891-93, engineer officer Department of Lakes, at Chicago, Ill .; 1893-97, with California Debris Com- mission, San Francisco, Cal .; 1897 to 1903, fortifications and rivers and harbors in Georgia and Florida; at Savannah, Ga., unearthed the Greene-Gaynor-Carter frauds; 1903, fortifications and rivers and harbors. At Newport, R. I., 1903, in com- mand of Company F, Second Battalion of Engineers. Address, Washington Bar- racks, D. C.




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