Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 69

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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1867; is member of the American Med- ical Association and of various medi- cal and surgical hospitals of Europe. Was pupil of Sir Wm. R. Wilde, of Dublin, and of Alfred Von Graefe, of Berlin. Ad- dress, 54 East 25th St. and 78 Lexington Ave., New York.

HOLDEN, Raleigh Warner:

Born at Honeoye Falls, N. Y., July 7, 1878; son of Alexander Martin and Elea- nor (Warner) Holden. Traces descent from William Brewster, of the Mayflower, also through Mabel Harlekenden to Wil- liam the Conqueror. Graduated from Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in 1895, from Syracuse University with degree of A.B. in 1901. Member of Delta Upsilon Fra- ternity; treasurer of National Convention of same in 1900; member of Sons of the American Revolution by virtue of nine an- cestors in the Revolutionary Army. Cash- ier of Bank of Honeoye Falls since 1902. Address, Honeoye Falls, N. Y.

HOLLAND, Edmund Milton:

Actor; born New York, 1848; has played leading roles in "Social Highwayman," 1896-97; "Eben Holden," 1901-2; Pope Pius X in the "Eternal City," 1902-3, etc. Ad- dress, Lambs Club, New York.

HOLLEY, Marietta:

Author; born near Adams, N. Y .; youngest child of John M. and Mary (Taber) Holley; in her youth was exceed- ingly fond of music, which she taught for several years; she, however, decided to devote herself to literature and early began to contribute to magazines; first book published, "Betsy Bobbett," proved a success, having a large sale in this country and being republished in Europe. Author also of "Samantha at the Centen- nial; "My Wayward Pardner," 1880; "The Mormon Wife," an illustrated poem, 1880; "Miss Richard's Boy," 1883; "Sweet Cice- ly," 1885; "Samantha at Saratoga," 1887; "Poems," 1887; "Samantha Among the Brethren," 1890; "Samantha Amongst the Colored Folks," 1892; "Samantha at the World's Fair," 1894; "Samantha in Eu- rope," 1896; serial "Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife," 1900; has also contributed largely to magazines and peri- odicals. Address, Pierrepont Manor, Jef- ferson County, N. Y.

HOLLICK, Charles Arthur:

(Generally known as Arthur Hollick, all writings being signed with latter name); sanitary engineer, botanist, geologist; born New Brighton, (S. I.) N. Y., Feb. 6, 1857; resides there at date; son of Fred- erick Hollick, M. D., and Eleanor Eliza (Bailey). Hollick; educated at private schools on Staten Island, in New York and at Wiesbaden, Germany; was graduated from Columbia College School of Mines in class of 1879 with degree of Ph.B .; re-

ceived degree of Ph.D. from Columbian University of Washington, D. C., in 1897; married to Adeline Augusta Talkington, Sept. 18, 1881; in 1880 was superintendent of Mexican Mine, Mariposa Co., Cal .; re- turned to New York in 1881 and accepted position as inspector in the health depart- ment; in 1890 was made sanitary en- gineer, and in 1892 special inspector; dur- ing the same period acted as special ex- pert and inspector of offensive trades for the New York State Board of Health and sanitary advisor to the boards of health of Brooklyn and Long Island City in spec- ial investigations. From 1886-92 was also a member of the board of health of the village of New Brighton; was appointed fellow in geology, Columbia University, New York, in 1890; assistant in geology, 1892; tutor, 1893; remained at Columbia University until 1901; in that year ac- cepted position of curator of the depart- ment of fossil botany in the New York Botanical Garden; position held to date; is an assistant geologist on the staff of the U. S. Geological Survey; has been engaged in special investigations for the survey in connection with fossil botany, and has travelled extensively throughout the States and Alaska in the course of such investigations; also engaged from time to time in similar work for the State Geological Surveys of New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Louisiana; holds membership in Torrey Botanical Club (secretary, 1883-88); Natural Science As- sociation of Staten Island (secretary, 1881 to date); New York Academy of Sciences; Botanical Society of America (treasurer, 1896 to date); Geological Society of

America; American Association for the Advancement of Science (secretary of Sec. E, 1898-99), and Wild Flower Preser- vation Society; commissioner and presi- dent, Port Richmond, S. I., Boulevard Commission, 1896; commissioner and vice- president, Richmond County, S. I., Park Commission, 1897-1900; president, 1901 to date; active in social and political af- fairs on Staten Island; assisted in the or- ganization of the Good Government and Citizens' Union movements and served frequently as an officer or member of committees of these organizations; one of the organizers of the Staten Island Tree Planting and Protective Associa- tion and active worker in promoting a

of sentiment in favor the recogni-

tion of Arbor Day, having delivered

numerous addresses before public schools and teachers' institutes. Mem-

ber of Staten Island Club, Fox Hills Golf Club, and formerly of the Staten Island Athletic Club and Staten Island Base Ball and Cricket Clubs while they were in existence; published works consist largely of reports on geology and botany for the United States Geological Survey and the Geological Surveys of New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Louisiana, be- sides contributions on local geology and botany, mostly published in the Transac-

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tions or Annals of the New York Acad- emy of Sciences, Proceedings of the Natural Science Association of Staten Island, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club and in the pages of Science and the American Naturalist. Address, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, New York.

HOLLINS, F. C .:

Banker and railroad official; born Phila- delphia, but has been a resident of New York since his boyhood; at the age of seventeenth entered the agency of the Bank of British North America in New York, where he rose to the position of assistant cashier; at twenty-one he took charge of the Coles estate in Jersey City, and sold for that estate to the Erie and Morris & Essex Railroad Companies a large part of the dock and terminal prop- erties now occupied by them; he served for two years as a director in the Board of Education in Jersey City. In 1879 he became a junior partner in the banking and brokerage firm of H. B. Hollins & Co., of New York; in 1886 organized the present banking and brokerage house of F. C. Hollins & Co .; 1886, became a di- rector of the Lake Erie & Western Rail- way Company, and was afterwards ap- pointed chairman of the stockholders' committee of reorganization; after a bit- ter controversy he carried his plans through successfully and at the sale of the property secured the road for the stockholders. Was also a director in the Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway Company, and, as one of the executive committee, with the late Columbus R. Cummings, sold the road to Columbus C. Baldwin and the Hanover Bank interests, of New York, by which sale George I. Seney, who had become financially em- barrassed, was enabled to pay off his indebtedness to the banks from which he had borrowed money. Address, Wall St., New York.

HOLLISTER, WIIllam H., Jr .:

Lawyer; born Coxsackie, N. Y., Oct. 11, 1847; prepared for college at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and Hudson River Institute, Claverack, N. Y .; was graduated at Williams College in 1870; while in college was one of the prize orators, editor of Williams Quarterly, member of Delta Kappa Epsilon Society, elected member of Phi Beta Kappa and class day president; in the Census Bureau at Washington in 1870-71; studied law in Troy from 1871 to 1874 and admitted to the bar at Binghamton, N. Y., in 1874; has practiced law in Troy ever since. In 1878 married J. Frances Hillman, daugh- ter of Joseph Hillman; elder in Second Presbyterian Church of Troy since 1884; president board of trustees in Second Presbyterian Church since 1881; commis- sioner from Troy Presbytery to Presby- terian General Assembly at Minneapolis

in 1886; member Synod of New York from 1898-1901; president of commission to 10- cate public market in Troy in 1899; school commissioner of Troy, 1878-81; one of the founders of the Troy Record in 1895 and president of company until 1903; president of New York State Convention of Young Men's Christian Association at Kingston in 1900; director of Young Men's Christian Association of Troy since 1895; elected trustee of Williams College in 1901 and now secretary of board; address before Congregational Club of Boston in March, 1901; trustee of Troy Orphan Asylum since 1875. Address, Troy, N. Y.

HOLM, Chas. F .:

Lawyer and banker; born New York City, March 8, 1862; graduate of Colum- bia College Law School, 1882; admitted to bar, 1882; vice-president of the United National Bank of New York City and vice-president Brockville, Westport & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, Canada, and counsel for same and for Consumers' Brewing Company of New York, Excel- sior Brewing Company, Ferd Münch Brewing Company, Clausen & Price Brew- ing Company, United Wine & Trading Company, American Exchange Cigar Company, and numerous other prominent New York corporations; organizer of the first co-operative trade corporation in New York and counsel for more than thirty (all successful), with membership aggregating over 5,000 and representing assets of more than $10,000,000; member of Riding and Driving Club, captain in the Fourteenth Regiment, N. G. S. N. Y., and thirty-second degree Freemason; married, first, daughter of George Mar- trennen; second, Grace Boies, of Brooklyn .. Address, 61 Park Row, New York.

HOLMES, Clayton Wood:

Manufacturer; born LeRaysville, Pa.,

Sept. 26. 1848. A. B. Lafayette, 1869. A. M., 1874. Manufacturing chemist. Pub- lisher Elmira Daily Advertiser and man- aging editor. Secretary of the New York State Pharmaceutical Association for sev- enteen years after organization in 1879. President Hygeia Refrigerating Company. President Elmira Co-operative Savings & Loan Association. Address, 410 West Gray St., Elmira, N. Y.

HOLMES, Ernest Raymond:

Assistant editor of Success magazine. and lecturer; born at Wapello, Iowa, Aug. 17, 1868; graduate University of Nebraska, B. L., 1890, A. M., 1898 (Romance lan- guages) ; married. 1896, Miss Kittie Shackelton; city editor Daily Hub, Kear- ney, Neb., 1890-91; exchange editor, re- porter, city editor, Nebraska State Jour- nal, 1891-93; 1893-94 made bicycle tour of Europe, correspondent of Chicago Times and Lincoln Journal; city editor Lincoln Journal, 1894-98; student in Romance languages and

philogy, University of

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Paris, Collège de France and Ecole des Chartes, 1898-99; attaché U. S. Com- mission to the Paris Exposition, 1899-1901; traveled in Italy, France, Belgium, Hol- land and England during this European stay, and corresponded for American pap- ers and magazines; assistant editor of Success magazine 1901 to present; articles in various magazines; lecturer, chiefly on travel subjects, since 1902. Address, care Success, Washington Square, New York.

HOLMES, Rev. John McClellan, D.D .:

Clergyman; born Livingston, Columbia County, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1834; eldest son of Rev. Edwin Holmes and Sarah M. McClellan; on his father's side his ances- try in this country dates back to 1630, while on his mother's side he is a direct descendant of Colonel Hugh Mcclellan, who came to this country in 1749, and bore such a conspicuous part in the Rev- olutionary struggle; he was graduated from Williams College in 1853, spent one year in the study of English literature, and in 1857 completed his studies in the Theological Seminary at New Brunswick, N. J .; in July of the same year he was ordained and installed pastor of the Re- formed Dutch Church of East Williams- burgh, N. Y., where he remained until Nov., 1859; then he accepted a call to the Lee Avenue Reformed Dutch Church of Brooklyn, N. Y .; after six years of suc- cessful service in this church he became pastor of the First Reformed Dutch Church of Hudson, N. Y., continuing in this field of labor until June 1, 1877; dur- ing this pastorate he was a member of the board of superintendents of the Theo- logical Seminary at New Brunswick, N. J., a member of the board of foreign mis- sions of the Reformed Dutch Church, president of the Particular Synod of New York, delegate to the Pan Presbyterian Council at Edinburgh, and president of the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church; in 1870 he received from Rutgers College the degree of D. D. In 1877 he removed to Albany and assumed the charge of the State Street Presbyterian Church of that city; the church greatly increased in numbers and influence and became the largest Protestant church in Albany; during his ministry in this church he was summoned to important service throughout the Presbyterian denomin- ation; in 1879, he was moderator of the Synod of Albany; in 1884, moderator of the Synod of New York; in 1888, delegate to the Pan Presbyterian Council in Lon- don; from 1888 to 1892 was member of the Western Section of the Alliance of Reformed- Churches; from 1886 to 1900, trustee of Auburn Theological Seminary; from 1888 to 1900, director of Union Theo- logical Seminary in the city of New York; after twenty-one years of service in Al- bany impaired health compelled him to retire from the active duties of the pas -- torate. Residence, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

HOLMES, Samuel Van Vranken:

Presbyterian clergyman; born Brooklyn, N. Y., March 23, 1862; son of Rev. John McC. and Frances (Van Vranken) Holmes; graduated from Williams Col- lege, 1883; student in Berlin University, 1883-84; graduated from Princeton Theo- logical Seminary, 1887; installed minister in Nov., 1887; D. D., Williams College, 1903; pastor Presbyterian Church, Rich- field Springs, N. Y., 1887-92; associate pastor First Presbyterian Church, Wash- ington, D. C., 1892-93; pastor Westminster Church, Buffalo, N. Y., from 1893 to pres- ent time; married, 1887, Helen Stanton, of Bridgeport, Conn. Address, Buffalo, N. Y.

HOLMES, Sebastian D .:

Commercial agent; born April 9, 1833, at Palmyra, N. Y .; has been engaged in contracting and manufacturing; in 1862 volunteered in Civil War as captain Com- pany D, One Hundred and Eleventh New York Volunteers; was severely wounded at Gettysburg, and was honorably dis- charged in 1884; Jan. 2, 1903, appointed commercial agent at Wallaceburg, Cana- da.

HOLT, Luther Emmett, M.D .:

Born Webster, N. Y., 1855; A. B., Uni- versity of Rochester, 1875; LL.D., 1901; M. D., College Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 1880; professor diseases of children College Physicians and Surgeons, New York. Attending physician to Ba- bies' Hospital since 1890; to New York Foundling Hospital since 1899. President American Pediatric Society, 1898. Author "Care and Feeding of Children," D. Ap- pleton & Co., 3d edition in 1902, and "Diseases of Infancy and Childhood," 2d edition in 1902; also of many papers in current medical literature relating to dis- eases of children. Member of American Pediatric Society; Association of Amer- ican Physicians; director of Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Address, 14 West 55th St., New York.

HOOKER, Warren Brewster:

Justice of the Supreme Court of New York; born Perrysburg, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1856; has been special surrogate of Chau- tauqua County; supervisor of his town two terms; member Congress, 1891-99, Thirty-fourth New York District; appoint- ed justice Supreme Court, Nov. 10, 1898, by Governor Black; elected for full term of fourteen years, Nov., 1899; designated temporarily to sit in the Appellate Divi- sion, second department, by Governor Odell, Nov. 8, 1902; designated for full term of five years to sit in Appellate Divi- sion, second department, Nov. 23, 1903. Address, Fredonia, N. Y.

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HOPKINS, George Franklin:

Methodist Episcopal clergyman, author; born Farmington, Del., March 25, 1855; son of John and Mary A. (Taylor) Hop- kins; educated at public schools of Kent County, Del .; also Farmington Select School; was graduated from the Wilming- ton Conference Academy, June 17, 1880, also from Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., (class poet), June 28, 1883, with degree of B. A., and in 1886, M. A .; married first, at Denton, Md., Nov. 26, 1884, to Kate B. Dixon, who died in Cawnpore, India, Sept. 8, 1889; married the second time, in Karachi, India, April 4, 1893, to Saleni Armstrong, B. E. and M. D .; entered Methodist Episcopal

ministry, March, 1884; ordained deacon by Bishop H. W. Warren March 20, 1887; ordained elder by Bishop E. G. Andrews, Dec. 14, 1887; pas- tor of Methodist Episcopal Church of Hur- lock, Dorchester Co., Md., 1884-86; pastor Home Mission, Dorchester County, Md., where he organized churches and started several new church buildings, two of which bear his name, 1887; was sent as a missionary to India, Jan. 1, 1888; was pas- tor of Cawnpore Methodist Episcopal Church, and acting chaplain to the Scot- tish Rifles of the British army under Eng- lish government appointment, 1888-89; pastor of Lucknow Methodist Episcopal Church, 1890-91; pastor Jabalpore Metho- dist Episcopal Church, 1892; did mission work among the English speaking people of Basawal, and also among the British soldiers of Hyderabad, Sindh, 1893. Re- turned to America, Aug. 27, 1893, bring- ing home from India, at own expense and helping to educate, six natives of India, two of whom have already completed their education, one medical and one theologi- cal, and have now returned to India as missionaries to their own people; since then has filled pastorates in the North Nebraska, Wilmington and Central New York Conferences of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. Member Theta Delta Chi Fraternity and the Society of American authors. Author of "Not How Much but How Well," 1890; "To the Law and to

the Testimony." "Christmas Carol," 1891; also many contributions, in prose and poetry, to religious periodicals, and many hymns, with and without tunes; "Class Ode," 1883, Dickinson College; "The Truth Shall Make You Free," "What Shall Thy Reaping Be?" "He is Calling Thy Name," "Twentieth Century Rally," "The True-lovers," etc. Address, Ludlowville, Tompkins County, N. Y.

HOPKINS, Thomas Cramer:

Educator; born in Centre County, Pa .. May 4, 1861; son of Mary A. Hopkins and Isaac C. Hopkins; graduated from De- pauw University. 1887, B. S. Principal of High School at Rising Sun, Ind., 1887-88; instructor in chemistry Depauw Univer- sity, 1888-89; assistant State geologist in Arkansas, 1889-92; married Edistina Far-

row, of Greencastle, Ind., Jan. 8, 1890; A. M. degree from Leland Stanford, Jr., University, 1892; graduate student in Chicago University, 1893-95; assistant pro- fessor of geology in the Pennsylvania State College, Pennsylvania, 1896-99; as- sistant State geologist in Indiana during the summers of 1895, 1896 and 1901; en- gaged in geological work in Pennsylvania during the summers of 1896, 1897, 1898 and 1899; engaged in geological work in Canada during the summers of 1900 and 1902; received the degree of Ph.D. from University of Chicago, 1900; professor of geology at Syracuse University since 1900. Author of "Marble and Other Lime- .

stones," 1893; "Pennsylvania, Brown- stones," 1897; "Clays of Western Penn- sylvania," 1898; "Clays of Eastern Penn- sylvania," 1899; "Sandstones of Indiana," 1896; "Oolitic Limestone of Indiana," 1897; "Geology of Coal," a text-book, 1903; many shorter papers in the scientific and technical journals and in the Government and State Geological Survey reports. Ad- dress. Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y.

HOPPIN, Curtis B .:

Major, U. S. Army; born in and ap- pointed from New York; graduated from Military Academy and promoted to sec- ond lieutenant, June, 1877; on leave of ab- sence and awaiting orders, June to Dec. 1877; joined Second Cavalry, Fort Custer, Jan., 1878; served at that post and in the field until June, 1883; at Fort Assinniboine, Mont., 1883 to 1884; at Fort Spokane, Wash., 1084 to 1887; at the University of Illinois as professor of military science and tactics, Sept., 1887, to Sept. 1, 1890; at Fort Lowell, Arizona, and Wingate, N. M., Sept. 1, 1890, to Aug., 1892; quarter- master, Columbian Guard. World's Fair, Chicago, Aug. 1, 1892, to June, 1894; Fort Wingate, N. M., to June, 1895; promoted captain, June 10, 1895; Fort Logan, Colo., to beginning of Spanish-American war; with regiment at Chickamauga, Mobile, and Tampa, to July 23, 1898; expedition to Porto Rico, July 23 to Dec. 3, 1898; on leave two months; joined regiment at Cienfuegos, Cuba, March 1, 1899; served in Cuba to Sept. 1901; recruiting service, Albany, N. Y., for two years; promoted Major, Fifteenth Cavalry. March 23, 1903. Address, Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.

HOPPING, Daniel Miller:

Banker; born Hanover, Morris County, N. J., Aug. 13, 1871; son of Augustus Stiles and Elizabeth Ann (West) ; member Empire State Society, Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution; member Seventh Regi- ment, N. G. N. Y., 1898 to 1903; member West Side Republican Club, New York City, 1900; director and secretary of the Mount Vernon, N. Y. Hospital; director Mount Vernon Young Men's Christian Association; clerk, Orange Nat. Bank, Orange, N. J .; assistant cashier Manhat-

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tan Trust Company, New York City, 1900- 03; secretary and treasurer of the Mount Vernon Trust Company, 1903. Address, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.

HOPSON, George Bailey:

Clergyman and teacher; born Nauga- tuck, Conn., Jan. 18, 1838; graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., 1857 received degree of A. M., in course, at Trinity, in 1860, and the honorary de- grees of A. M., D. D. and D. C. L., at St. Stephen's; admitted to the diaconate in the Protestant Episcopal Church in 1863, and advanced to the priesthood in 1864, by Bishop Horatio Potter; became professor of the Latin language and litera- ture in St. Stephen's College, Annandale, N. Y., 1863, and still holds that position; acting warden of the college, 1898-99, and since July 1, 1903. Author of several pamphlets and sermons. Married, March 29, 1864, Mary Williamson Johnston. Resi- dence, Annandale, N. Y.

HORNBLOWER, William B .:

Lawyer; born at Paterson, N. J., May 13, 1851; he is sprung from a family of professional men, of whom his great- grandfather, Hon. Josiah Hornblower, a civil engineer, brought over from England, 1750, the first steam engine ever seen on the American continent; this was im- ported for use in the copper-mines of Belleville, N. J. Joseph C. Hornblower, his grandfather, was made, in 1832, chief justice of New Jersey, and pursued a very distinguished career; his father, Rev. William H. Hornblower, served during a part of his career as professor in the The- ological Seminary at Alleghany, Pa .; Mr. Hornblower was prepared for college at the Collegiate Institute of New York, and afterwards entered Princeton College, from which he graduated in 1871; two years thereafter he entered the law school of Columbia

College, from which he graduated in 1875, and was im- mediately afterwards admitted to the bar; he is the senior member of the legal part- nership of Hornblower, Byrne, Miller & Potter, a firm of much prominence in the metropolis. Among the more important cases which he has argued are many in- volving questions of insurance, railroad, and corporate law; he has written much on legal subjects. Is an active member of the Bar Association, and has served on its most important committees, and as secretary of its executive committee; was president of the State Bar Asso- ciation in 1902; politically he votes with the Democratic party, but is largely inde- pendent; in 1890 he was annointed by the governor on the commission created to propose amendments to the judiciary ar- ticle of the State constitution; in 1893. upon the death of Justice Blatchford, of the United States Supreme Court, Presi- dent Cleveland nominated Mr. Hornblower for the vacant chair, but he was not con- firmed by the Senate owing to political op-

position by the senators from New York State. He is a member of various socie- ties and clubs of New York, including the Reform, the Metropolitan, the Man- hattan, the Century, and the University Clubs. Address, 5 East 89th St., New York.

HORNER, James B .:

Merchant and soldier; born Aug. 5, 1839, at Albany, N. Y .; enlisted as private in Company D, Ninth New York Volunteers (Hawkins' Zouaves), April 19, 1861; ap- pointed first sergeant of his company, May 4, 1861; promoted second lieutenant Com- pany B, April 20, 1862; first lieutenant, Jan. 30, 1863; participated in battles of Big Bethel, Roanoke Island, Camden, Hatteras, South Mountain, Antietam, Winton, Fredericksburg and Suffolk; mus- tered out with his regiment, May 20, 1863; upon muster out of his old regiment he recruited two companies known as Second Battalion of Hawkins' Zouaves, and was commissioned captain; commanded bat- talion doing garrison duty at Fort Ham- ilton, New York Harbor; during emer- gency of 1863 his command consolidated with others, out of which was organized the Seventeenth New York Veteran Volun- teers; ordered West with regiment, Oct.25, 1863; duty along Mississippi River from Meridian to Vicksburg; joined General Sherman at Vicksburg; participated in Sherman's march to the sea; actively en- gaged in battles of Jackson, Decatur, Resaca, Jonesborough, Averysborough, Bentonvile, Fayetteville, Louisville, At- lanta, Goldsborough, Savannah and Ra- leigh; commanded his regiment in battle of Bentonville, N. C .; promoted major for gallant conduct at battle of Averysbor- ough, N. C .; in 1865 established himself in importing and exporting of essential oils at New York City; first president of Hawkins' Zouave Association; grand mar- shal. G. A. R., 1883, commanding parade Memorial Day, Centennial of Evacuation Day and General Grant's funeral; mem- ber of committee which erected monu- ment to Ninth New York Volunteers at Antietam, May 30, 1897; ex-president So- ciety of Ninth Army Corps and Burnside Expedition; ex-vice-president Society of Army of Potomac, representing Ninth Army Corps; vice-president Army and Navy Club; also member G. A. R., Mili- tary Order of the Loyal Legion, Drug Trade Club; trustee West Side Savings- Bank. Residence, 407 West 21st St .; of- fice, 3 Platt St., New York.

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Who's who in New York City and State, 1st ed, Part 69

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