Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 63

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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HAINES, John Peter:


President the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals since April, 1889; born New York, Dec. 17, 1851; the descendant of a long line of distin- guished citizens; son of William A. Haines, senior member of the firm of Hal- sted, Haines & Co., and a famous con- chologist, who died in 1880; educated by


private tutors and at Columbia College, special course; engaged in various enter- prises which kept his name prominently before the public; in 1873 he married Miss Mary Merritt, a daughter of the late George Merritt, an old New York mer- chant, who built, and until his death re- sided at Lyndhurst, afterwards the resi- dence of the late Jay Gould at Irvington- on-Hudson. Prominently identified with humane and benevolent movements for many years; under his presidency the operations of The American Society, the parent society for the protection of ani- mals in America, have been extended, new laws for the protection of animals enacted, notorious resorts where animals were made to fight have been broken up, reforms in the transportation of animals instituted, brutal and demoralizing "sports" suppressed, and many forms of cruelty checked or done away with en- tirely. Life member American Society Pre- vention Cruelty to Animals (editor Our Animal Friends, official organ of the so- ciety), American Geographical Society, American Museum of Natural History, Society of American Authors, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, St. Nicholas Society, New York Yacht Club, American Jersey Cattle Club, Audubon Society of the State of New York, and American Bible Society; life director American Tract Society; member Man- hattan Club, Automobile Club of America, Larchmont Yacht Club, Lakewood Coun- try Club, etc. Residence, 20 Fifth Ave .; office, Madison Ave. and 26th St., New York.


HAINS, Thornton Jenkins:


Author; born in Washington, D. C., Nov. 14, 1866; son of General P. C. and Virginia Jenkins, and grandson of Admir- al Thornton Jenkins, U. S. Navy; was ed- ucated in the public schools, passing one year at Columbia University. He was married on Sept. 26, 1896. to Mary E. Jones, of Bensonhurst, N. Y. Served for a time at sea, and is a licensed navigator for ocean going vessels. Has written a number of works of fiction, prominently among them being "Captain Gore's Court- ship," 1896; "Wind Jammers," ."' 1899; "Wreck of the Conemaugh," 1899; "Mr. Trunnell," 1900; "Cruise of the Petrel," 1900; 'Sea Folk," 1901; "Strife of the Sea," 1903; also a contributor to various magazines. Has written many articles on navigation and the prospects offered by sea trade as a means of livelihood; has delivered a number of lectures on the benefits and drawbacks of life in mer- chant marine. Address, 41 West 24th St., New York.


HALE, William Henry, Ph.D .:


Lawyer; scientific writer; born Albany. N. Y., Aug. 20, 1840; son of Silvester and Nancy Arzelis (Eames) Hale; graduated at Albany Academy in 1858; entered the


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junior class at Union College for one term; thence entered Yale, graduating in 1860, winning the Clark and Berkeley scholar- ships, being the only prize scholarships then open to competition of graduates; owing to absence from New Haven, how- ever, did not receive the emoluments of the Berkeley, which went instead to the second competitor, Othniel C. Marsh; spent the following year at Albany attend- ing lectures at the Albany Law School; graduated LL.B. and was admitted to the bar in 1861; returning to Yale as incum- bent of the Clark scholarship, took a two years' post-graduate course in higher mathematics, sciences and comparative philology, the last as a pupil of Profes- sor Wm. D. Whitney; won the degree of Ph. D. in 1863, which degree had in 1861 been introduced by Yale into America. After some experience in financial and commercial business, in part with his father and in part alone, practiced law at Albany till 1888; has since then prac- ticed in Brooklyn and New York. Mar- ried, Feb. 25, 1892, Miss Louisa Gertrude Washington; one of the original fellows (1874) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science; member Phi Beta Kappa Alumni in New York; has for many years reported scientific meetings, writing also other articles on scientific subjects for the Scientific Ameri- can and other leading papers and periodi- cals in America and England; was for many years regular American correspon- dent of Nature, London; edited the scien- tific department of The Bachelor of Arts Magazine, which was published in New York during the nineties. Address, 40 First Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.


HALL, Archibald G .:


Publisher, journalist; was born in the city of New York, Dec. 6, 1862, and ob- tained his education in the public schools and the College of the City of New York; leaving college he went into the service of the American News Company, and af- terward to that of the American Agricul- turist. His relations with the insurance business began in the office of the Mu- tual Fire Insurance Company of New York, and he was a fire insurance broker and licensed agent three years; he found- ed in New York The Surveyor, an insur- ance journal, of which he is now sole proprietor and editor; also publisher of the Atlantic Highlands Journal. He is a member of the Insurance Society of New York, Underwriters' Club, and Once-A- Year Club, and is president of the At- lantic Highlands Casino. Address, 58 Wil- liam St., New York.


HALL, Charles Cuthbert:


Clergyman; born in New York City in 1852; educated at public schools, at Wil- liams College and Union Theological Sem- inary; licensed to preach in 1874; devoted one year to study in England and Scot-


land; pastor of the Union Presbyterian Church at Newburg in 1875; in 1877 he accepted a call from the First Presby- terian Church in Brooklyn, N. Y .; re- ceived the degree of D. D. from the Uni- versity of the City of New York in 1889; was Carew lecturer at the Hartford The- ological Seminary for 1894 and published his lectures in a volume entitled "Quali- fications for Ministerial Power"; he also wrote "Does God Send Trouble?" and "Into His Marvelous Light"; he is a di- rector of the Union Theological Seminary and a trustee of Williams College. Ad- dress, 46 East 70th St .; office, 700 Park Ave., New York.


HALL, Charles M .:


Inventor of the Hall process for pro- ducing aluminum; born Thompson, Geau- ga County, Ohio, Dec. 6, 1863; attended the public schools of Oberlin, Ohio, and later Oberlin College, graduating in 1885 with the degree of A. B .; during the course he had one term of chemical study with Professor Jewitt; thereafter experi- mented at home and in Oberlin Labora- tory with special object of discovering an electrical method of commercially produc- ing aluminum; discovered, Feb., 1886, the present electrolytic method now univer- sally used; continued his work in Boston and Cleveland, culminating in the forma- tion of the Pittsburg Reduction Company to manufacture aluminum under his pat- ents. Aug., 1888; has been first vice-presi- dent of said company since 1900. In 1893 Oberlin College gave him the honorary de- gree of A. M., in recognition of his work as an inventor; is director of Power City Bank, of Niagara Falls, and vice-presi- dent of the American Electro-Chemical Society; he is a member of the Franklin Institute, Institution of Electrical En- gineers of Great Britain, American Philo- sophical Society, Chamber of Commerce, State of New York; is a member of the University Club, New York City, and also local clubs. Address, Niagara Falls, N. Y.


HALL, Charles Mercer:


Episcopal clergyman; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1864; son of William No- ble Hall and Flora Margaret McAlister; educated in England; in banking house, 1882-86; student General Theological Seminary, 1888-91; ordered deacon Epiph- any, 1891; priest. Dec. 23, 1891; mission- ary, Camden, N. J., 1891-93; curate, Church of Beloved Disciple, New York, 1893-94; vicar and rector of Holy Cross Church, Kingston, N. Y., 1894; married, Jan. 25, 1898, Bertha, only daughter Chief Judge Alton B. Parker. Honorable M. A., St. Stephen's College, 1903. Address, Holy Cross Rectory, Kingston, N. Y.


HALL, Edward Hagaman:


Editor, writer and lecturer; born Au- burn, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1858; son of Chief


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Justice Benjamin Franklin Hall and Abi- gail Farnam Hagaman; educated at Au- burn Academic High School. Author of


"New York, the Second City of the World," "Ho! for Alaska," "Register of the Empire State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution," and many bro- chures on American archeology, history and scenery. Member of the New York Historical Society, the National Arts Club of New York, the Municipal Art Society of New York, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. the Association for the Protection of the Ad- irondacks, the American Scenic and His- toric Preservation Society, the Empire State Society of the Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution, the New York Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, National Sculpture Society, etc. Residence, 12 West 103d St .; office, Tribune Building, New York.


HALL, Henry:


Journalist; born in Auburn, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1845; son of Hon. Benjamin F. Hall, lawyer and first chief justice of Colorado. His ancestors on both sides were among the earliest pioneers (Francis. Hall, New Haven, 1639), and the Hagamans, early Huguenot settlers of Long Island. He re- ceived an academic education; was clerk and teller in a bank in Auburn; he later wrote the "History of Auburn," and "History of the Nineteenth New York Volunteers"; subsequently became jour- nalist serving successively on the Auburn Morning News, the Auburn Advertiser, the Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin, and the New York Tribune. He came to New York to join the Tribune in 1875 serving as an editor and afterward for eighteen years as business manager of the Trib- une, resigning in 1901. For several years he wrote monthly and occasional letters for the London Times, the Chicago Times, the Boston Journal, and other newspa- pers. Feb. 2, 1886, he married Virginia. daughter of L. Warren Houghton. of Bath, Me. For a year, 1881-83, he was engaged in taking the first (and only) census of American shipbuilding for the Census of 1880, and in this work visited all the ship and boat building localities of the country. For the Tribune he com- piled "American Millionaires," the first list ever printed of that class of men, and. later. wrote "America's Successful Men." Now devoted to investments; lives in Lawrence Park, Bronxville, N. Y .. and has an office in the Tribune Building. Has been active in the work of the pa- triotic societies and is fond of rifle shoot- ing and athletic sports. Residence. Bronxville. N. Y .; office, Tribune Build- ing. New York.


HALL, Henry J. S .:


Manufacturing and wholesale druggist, of the firm of Hall & Runkel; is a director of the Corporate Securities Company,


Fellows Manufacturing Company and Washington Trust Company. Address, 215 Washington St .; residence, 51 River- side Drive, New York.


HALL, Randall Cooke:


Protestant Episcopal clergyman; born Wallingford, Conn., Dec. 18, 1842; was graduated from Columbia College, 1863, and from the General Theological Semin- ary, 1866; ordained deacon, 1866; priest, 1870; received D. D., Racine College, Wis., 1881, and General Theological Seminary, 1884; instructor in Hebrew, General Theo- logical Seminary, 1869-71; professor of Hebrew and Greek, 1871-99; emeritus pro- fessor Hebrew and Greek, from 1899 to date; published "Some Elements of He- brew Grammar"; married Lizzie, daugh- ter of George C. Eyland; examining chap- lain to the bishop of New York, 1872-95. Address, 245 West 48th St., New York.


HALL, Ruth:


Author; born Scoharie, N. Y .; educated at home and private school; unmarried; first work appeared in newspaper edited by her father; subsequently contributed to many magazines and journals. Au- thor three boys' books' "In the Brave Days of Old," "The Boys of Scrooby," and "The Golden Arrow"; also three nov- els, "The Black Gown," "A Downrenton's Son," and "The Pine Grove House." Ad- dress, Catskill, N. Y.


HALL, Siolette:


Author; born Schoharie, N. Y .; has done much magazine and newspaper work of social satires and in short stories. Au- thor of novel, "Chanticleer"; she and her sister, Ruth Hall, are remarkable as the only sister novelists doing simultaneous works in the history of literature. since the Brontes. Address, Catskill, N. Y.


HALL, Thomas Cuming:


Professor of theology at Union Theo- logical Seminary; born Armagh, Ireland, Sept. 25, 1858; son of Dr. John Hall and Emily (Bolton) Hall; when a boy came to this country with parents, his father going as pastor to the Fifth Avenue Pres- byterian Church in 1867; graduated from Princeton in 1879; from Union Theologi- cal Seminary in 1882; studied then at Berlin and Göttingen, Germany; called in 1883 to Omaha, Neb., and there built two churches and edited a newspaper for the denomination. In 1884 was married in London to Miss Jenny E. L. Bartling, of Göttingen; 1886, called to Chicago, and there was pastor of the Forty-first Street Presbyterian Church during the construc- tion of its new building; thence was called in 1893 to the Fourth Presbyterian Church. An acute illness compelled his resignation of the pastorate in 1897; after a year and a half in Europe he was called to a professorship in Union Theo- logical Seminary, where he is still teach-


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ing; has written "The Power of an End- less Life," "The Social Meaning of En- glish Revival Movements in the Eigh- teenth Century," "The Synoptic Gospels," "John Hall, Pastor and Preacher, a Bi- ography by His Son"; has' been a con- stant contributor to the reviews, relig- ious weeklies and daily press. Residence, 113 West 88th St .; Seminary office, 700 Park Ave., New York.


HALLOCK, Gerard Benjamin Fleet:


Clergyman and author; born Holliday's Cove, West Virginia (then Virginia), Jan. 28, 1856; eldest son of Homan Benjamin and Adelia (Farnesworth) Hallock. His grandfather, Herman Hallock, was a mis- sionary printer


under · the American Board, on the Island of Malta and at Smyrna, Asia Minor; his great-grand- father was Rev. Moses Hallock, who was pastor of the church in Plainfield, Mass., for forty-five years, and the head of a classical school in his own house. He was graduated from Princeton Univer- sity in 1882 and received honorary degree of A. M. from the same in 1901; gradu- ated from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1885, doing post-graduate work under President McCosh, during his seminary course; received the degree of D. D. from Richmond (Ohio) College, June, 1896; married to Miss Anna Catherine Cobb, New York City, May 8, 1888. Ordained by the Presbytery of Rochester, Oct. 12, 1885, and installed as pastor of Wheat- land Church, Scottsville, N. Y., serving over four years; since Jan. 1, 1890, has been one of the pastors of the Brick Church, Rochester, N. Y., one of the larg- est in the denomination; toured extensive- ly in Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land in 1902; member of Princeton Club of Western New York, and Sons of Veterans; stated clerk of the Presbytery of Roches- ter. Author, "Upward Steps." 1899; "Ser- mon Seeds," 1900; "God's Whispered Se- crets," 1901; "Beauty in God's Word," 1902; "The Homiletic Year," 1903; "Jour- neying in the Land Where Jesus Lived," 1903; also booklets, "The Psalm of Shep- herdly Love," "Bits of Comfort," "Prac- ticing the Presence of God," and "Orange Blossoms." Author also of a large num- ber of tracts issued by the American Tract Society and over six hundred arti- eles in religious and secular magazines and journals; associate editor of Current Anecdotes, Cleveland, Ohio, and conducts departments in The Treasury of Religious Thought, New York, and The Preachers' Assistant, Reading, Pa. Address, 10 Liv- ingston Park, Rochester, N. Y.


HALLOCK, Rev. Joseph Newton, M. A., D. D .:


Editor-in-chief of the Christian Work, New York; graduated at Yale College in the arts and sciences (B. A.) in 1857; studied theology at Yale Theological Sem- inary till 1860; took M. A. at Yale, 1860,


and D. D. at Ursinus College, Pennsyl- vania in 1896; was ordained and entered regularly into the Congregational ministry; preached a short time at Bridgewater, Conn .; in 1897 he received a call to the presidency of Westminster University in Denver, Colo .. but declined it; 1880, be- came editor-in-chief and sole proprietor of the Christian at Work, which posi- tion he still holds. His published works include an addition of "Tacitus," "A His- tory of Southampton," "First Impres- sions in Europe," "Twice Across the Continent," besides numerous religious, educational and historical writings; his lecture on "Heresy," delivered before the Congregational Club of Brooklyn, N. Y., was widely printed and read, an edition of more than ten thousand copies having been issued in pamphlet form after it ap- peared in the papers. Has traveled ex- tensively in nearly all parts of the world, and several series of letters relating his various experiences in Europe and in America have appeared in his own and other papers as the result of his obser- vations; he is called to supply the pulpit of various churches; he is a director and one of the trustees of the State Trust Company of New York and was one of the original incorporators; also a director of the Metropolitan Realty Company of New York and of the Society for the Pre- vention of Crime. Residence, 338 Greene Ave., Brooklyn; office, Bible House, New York.


HALSEY, Charles Storrs:


Educator; son of Rev. Herman and Sophia Woolworth Halsey; was born at Cambria, Niagara County, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1834. His home through boyhood was in the town of Wilson, where he prepared for college at Wilson Collegiate Institute; at Williams College he graduated with the valedictory honor in 1856, in the same class with James A. Garfield. Immediate- ly after his graduation he began teach- ing as principal of Macedon Academy, Wayne County, N. Y., where he continued till March, 1858; since that time he has been successively principal of the Collegi- ate Institute, Newton, N. J. (1859-61); a second time principal of Macedon Acad- emy (1862-65); associate principal of Can- andaigua Academy, Canandaigua, N. Y., 1865-72; principal of the High School. Burlington, Vt .. 1872-75; and principal of Union Classical Institute, Schenectady, N. Y., 1875-97. He is the author of a "Genealogical and Chronological Chart of the Rulers of England, Scotland, France, Germany and Spain," published by Ginn & Co., in 1873, and an "Etymology of Latin and Greek," published by Ginn & Co., in 1882. He was married. April 11, 1859. to Maria A. Lippincott (born Aug. 25. 1838; died Nov. 19, 1887). Of his chil- dren three are living: Albert L., a law- yer, residing in Brooklyn, N. Y .; Bertha M., wife of Edward W. Abell, residing in Philadelphia; and Mary W., wife of


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Alva L. Peckham, M. D., of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Residence, 169 Schermerhorn St., Brooklyn, N. Y.


HALSEY, Francis Whiting:


Author and editor; born in Unadilla, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1851; preparatory educa- tion at Unadilla Academy; graduated, Cornell, 1873; assistant editor Binghamton Times, 1873-75; connected with editorial department of staff New York Tribune, 1875-80; foreign editor and writer of book reviews, New York Times, 1880-1902; edited, from its initial volume until June, 1902, New York Times Saturday Review; gave the anniversary address of the mas- sacre of Wyoming in July, 1898. Has lec- tured before historical societies, colleges and elsewhere, his subjects being, "Hud- son Valley in Revolution," "Good Books as an Inspiration in Human Life," "Jour- nalism in New York," and "New York Indians and Their Famous League"; has published "Two Months Abroad," 1878; "The Old New York Frontier," 1901; "Virginia Isabel Forbes (memoir of his wife, privately printed), 1900; "Our Liter- ary Deluge," 1902; "The Pioneers of Una- dilla Village," 1902; has edited following volumes, "American Authors and Their Homes," 1901; "Authors of Our Day in Their Homes," 1902; "Women Authors of Our Day in Their Homes," 1903. Has written articles for Harper's Weekly, The Independent, Book Buyer, Review of Re- views, and other periodicals; is trustee American Scenic and Historic Preserva- tion Society, New York State Historical Association, People's University Exten- sion Society; member of Century, Au- thors', National Arts, Aldine, Nineteenth Century, Cornell University Clubs and of Municipal Arts Society and New York State Library Association; now literary adviser to D. Appleton & Company. Res- idence. 146 West 119th St .; office, 436 Fifth Ave., New York.


HALSEY, Jacob L .:


Vice-president of the Manhattan Life Insurance Company; was born in the city of New York, Aug. 18, 1828, and on April 1, 1846, began his insurance career in the office of the Nautilus, now the New York Life Insurance Company; af- ter two years' private service there he went into the employment of the Ameri- can Mutual, of New Haven, with which he remained until the organization of the Manhattan Life in 1850; he has given all the remaining years of his life to this company, having been promoted by suc- cessive grades to his present position; he has the distinction of being the oldest life underwriter in the United States, measured by years of service. Office, 66 Broadway, New York.


HALSEY, Stephen Alling:


Insurance broker; born Astoria, L. I., N. Y., May 3, 1868; son of John Jacob and


Harriet Elizabeth Halsey; was graduated from Protestant Dutch Church School, 1884; entered business of insurance bro- kerage in Sept., 1884; connected with Knickerbocker Insurance Company from May, 1885, to Jan. 1, 1888, when he re- entered insurance brokerage field at 64 Wall St., New York, associated with John R. Townsend, till Jan., 1891; then re- moved to 119 Broadway, and had office room with Home Insurance Company; Nov., 1902, severed connection with J. R. Townsend and commenced business under his own name. Director in New Hope Mining Company, Climax Zinc Mining Company, Boston-Duenweg Mining Com- pany. Address, 56 Cedar St., New York.


HALSTEAD, Marshal:


Consul; born Cincinnati, O., and ed- ucated in the schools of that city, Freehold Institute, Monmouth County, N. J., and Princeton University, graduating from the latter institution in 1886; he imme- diately entered the newspaper business as correspondent; served as editor, gen- eral business manager, and finally as vice- president of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette Company; appointed consul at Birmingham, England, Dec. 18, 1897.


HALSTEAD, Murat:


Journalist; born Paddy's Run, Butler County, Ohio, Sept. 2, 1829; son of Griffin Halstead; educated at Farmers' College, Ohio, where he graduated in 1851; he had previously done some literary work, and now became connected with the Cincin- nati Atlas, then with the Enquirer; af- terwards he attempted a Sunday news- paper, and in 1852-53' worked on the Co- lumbian and Great West; he began his connection with the Cincinnati Commer- cial in 1853, first as local reporter, but soon as news editor. He purchased a part interest in the Commercial in 1854, and in 1867 gained complete control of the paper; for a time he managed it as an indepen- dent sheet, but afterwards made it a Republican organ; in 1883 it became com- bined with the Gazette under a company of which he was president. His criticisms of the conduct of the armies were so vigorous and just that they gained him the title of "field marshal," growing out of an incident in which a military carrier mistook him for Moltke, a sobriquet which clings to him still. For many years was the leader of Republican journalism in the West; was married in 1857 to Miss Mary Banks, of Cincinnati; present with the German army during the Franco- Prussian War, in which he in company with Bismarck and King William was at the battle of Gravelotte. His acquaint- ance with Prussian affairs led to his nom- ination by President Harrison in 1889 to the important diplomatic post of minister to Berlin, and he was rejected by the Senate for his personal denunciations of the use of money in securing Senatorial


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seats by the purchase of corrupt Legis- latures; being a Republican all the Demo- crats combined and defeated his confirma- tion; in 1890 he went to Brooklyn and took editorial charge of the Standard Union, which position he held for some years. Has not been responsible for the policy of a newspaper since the sale of his stock in the Commercial Gazette. Has written in recent years "Our Country in War," "The Story of Cuba," "The Story of the Philippines: History of Our War With Spain," "The Life of Admiral Dew- ey." "The Life of Mckinley," "Life of President Roosevelt," and other histories and works. Address, Press Club, New York.


HAMBLEN, Herbert E .:


Author and engineer; born Ossippee, N. H., Dec. 24, 1849; son of Andrew H. Hamblen and Mary Susan (Small) Ham- blen; educated in the public schools of Lovell, Me., and New York City and Brooklyn; went to sea in 1864, retiring in 1878. Author of, "On Many Seas," "The General Manager's Story," "Tom Ben- ton's Luck," "The Story of a Yankee Boy," "The Yarn of a Bucko Mate," "We Win." "The Red Shirt"; also of numer- ous magazine and newspaper stories and articles; at present in department of wa- ter supply, gas and electricity, New York City. Address, Ferriss St., Woodhaven, L. I., N. Y.




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