Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 119

Author:
Publication date: 1904-
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc.
Number of Pages: 1100

USA > New York > Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904 > Part 119

Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).

MUNDY, Ezeklel Wilson:

Librarian; son of Luther Bloomfield Mundy and Frances Eliza Martin; born June 16, 1833, Metuchen, N. J .; was grad- uated from the University of Rochester in 1860. Was graduated from Rochester in Theological Seminary 1863. Made A. M. at Rochester in 1863; Litt D., at Syracuse, 1904. 1863 made pastor of the First Baptist Church of Syracuse, N. Y .; 1866 pastor of the Independent Church of Syracuse; 1880 rector of

St. Mark's Church (Episcopal), Syracuse, from which he resigned in 1892. In 1880 he became Public Librarian of Syracuse, which post

he still holds. 1873 married Emily Ken- dall, of Syracuse. They have three child- ren, Edward Kendall, Ethel Frances, and Emily King. Address, Public Library, Syracuse, N. Y.

MUNN, John P .:

President of the U. S. Life Insurance Co. of New York; born, 1847, Gates, near Rochester, N. Y. After graduating from the University of Rochester he entered the Bellevue Medical College, securing a de- gree therefrom in 1875. Locating in N. Y. City, Dr. Munn began and continued the practice of his profession. His con- nection with the U. S. Life Insurance Co. dates from 1877 when he entered as examining physician. For many years he was its medical director and member of the board of directors. In 1902 Dr. Munn was elected president of the com- pany in succession to George H. Bur- ford, resigned. Member Racquet, Reform, and New York Athletic Clubs. Address, 18 West 5Sth St., N. Y. City.

MUNN, Orson Desaix:

born Publisher since 1856; Monson, Mass., June 11, 1824. Educated at Mon- son Academy. Married Julia Augusta Allen 1849. Began business as a clerk in a country store. In 1846 removed to N. Y. City, where he established (with Alfred E. Beach) the firm of Munn & Co., and began the publication of the Scientific American. Established a bur- eau of soliciting patents in the U. S. and foreign countries. Has had professional relations with most of the distinguished inventors of the last half century, among whom were Professor S. F. B. Morse, Peter Cooper, Commodore Stevens, and R. J. Gatling. Mr. Beach died in 1896 at which time the business of Munn & Co. was incorporated, and is now conducted in the same name as originally adopted in 1846. Has a summer home of sixty acres in Llewellyn Park, Orange, N. J .; also owns the Locust Grove Farm on Orange Mountain, near his country resi- dence, where he raises the celebrated Dutch Belted cattle. Fellow National Academy of Design; member Union, Union League, and Merchants Clubs, New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution, and New England Society. Residence, 14 East 22d St .; office, 361 Broadway, N. Y. City.

MUNRO, David Alexander:

Assistant editor North American Re- view; born Maryburgh, Rosshire, Scot- land; was graduated from Edinburgh University, A. M., 1872; for a number of

648

WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK.

years connected with literary department | School of Mines, Ph. B., 1878 (Ph. D., Harper & Bros .; published Garden and 1884) ; employed as chemist, 1878-79; milk inspector, New York City Health Department, Jan., 1880, to Dec., 1885; State milk inspector, N. Y. State Board of Health, July, 1881, to May, 1883; since 1886, analyst and assistant chemist F. W. Devoe and C. T. Raynolds Co. Mem- ber Chemists' Club, Society of Chemical Industry, N. Y. Academy of Sciences, N. Y. Historical Society, N. Y. Scientific Alliance. Has contributed to Report State Board of Health, 1884, and to Journal American Chemical Society. Res- idence, Portchester, N. Y .; office, 110 Horatio St., N. Y. City. Forest, 1887-89; general manager, North American Review, 1889-96, and editor, 1896-99, and since assistant editor under Mr. G. B. M. Harvey; has contributed articles to New York Times, Evening Post, The Hour, Harper's Weekly, Garden and Forest, etc. Supervised collation and transmission of American contributions to last edition Liddell & Scott's Greek Lexicon; arranged the comparative Greek- English New Testament (Harper & Bros.). Collaborated with Dr. Philip Schaff in preparation of his Companion to the Study of the Greek New Testament, etc. Member Reform, British Schools and Uni- MUNSELL, Frank: versities, Crescent Athletic, Livingston Field Clubs. Residence, 324 President St., Brooklyn; office, Franklin Square, N. Y. City.

MUNRO, Willis:

Lawyer; born Boston, Mass., Dec. 3, 1873; son of Josiah Green and Sarah (Dall) Munro. Was graduated from Harvard College in class of 1896 and from Harvard Law School in class of 1899. Ad- mitted to the Bar of New York 1900. Practiced in Buffalo. Removed to N. Y. City, 1901. Appointed Deputy-Assistant District Attorney, New York County, Jan. 2, 1902; resigned, Aug. 15, 1903. Ad- dress, 5 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

MUNROE, Henry Smith:

Professor of mining, Columbia Uni- versity; born Brooklyn, March 25, 1850. Graduate of School of Mines, Columbia, E. M., 1869; 1869-70, post-graduate stu- dent in chemistry and economic geology, School of Mines; 1870-71, assistant geolo- gist Ohio State Geological Survey; 1870- 72, assistant chemist, Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C .; 1872-75, assistant geologist and mining engineer, Geological Survey of Yesso, Japan; 1875- 76, professor of geology and mining, Uni- versity of Tokio, Japan; 1877-91, adjunct professor of surveying and practical min- ing, and 1891, professor of mining, School of Mines, Columbia University, N. Y. City; 1884-85 manager, and 1890-92, vice- president American Institute of Mining Engineers; 1895, to date, member of the University Council, and 1897-1899. dean of the Faculty of Applied Science, Co- lumbia University. Address, Columbia University, N. Y. City.

MUNSELL, Charles Edward:

Chemist; born New York, April 22, 1858; graduated at Columbia University

Publisher; born Albany, N. Y., June 19, 1857; educated at private schools and Albany Academy; was engaged in pub- lishing business in Albany. Author: Bib- liography of Albany; Munsell Genealogy. Editor: American Ancestry, 1887-1900; Genealogical Index, 1900; American Ge- nealogist, 1900. Address, Albany, N. Y. MUNSEY, Frank A .:

Publisher; born Mercer, Me., Aug. 21, 1854; came to New York in 1882 and started the Golden Argosy, a juvenile weekly; is now proprietor of three widely circulated magazines-Munsey's, The Ar- gosy and the All-Story-and of two daily newspapers: the Boston Journal and the Washington Times. Author: Derring- forth, and other novels, and of widely quoted addresses on publishing and ad- vertising; member Union League, New York Yacht, Lotos, Lambs, Riding, Ards- ley, and other clubs. Residence, 524 Fifth Ave .; office, Flatiron Building, Fifth Ave. and 23d St., N. Y. City.

MUNSON, James Eugene:

Stenographer; inventor; born Paris, Oneida Co., N. Y., May 12, 1835; studied at Amherst, studied shorthand and be- came an expert stenographer; settled in New York, 1857, and was court stenogra- pher over 30 years; reported Beecher- Tilton case for New York Sun. Expended much labor in simplifying existing sys- tems of shorthand, the result being the "Munson System." Invented process of setting and justifying type automatical- ly, and machines for doing same; also assisted in inventing a machine for op- erating typewriting machines by tele- graph. Author: The Complete Phonog- rapher; Dictionary of Practical Phonog- raphy; Phrase Book of Practical Phonog- raphy; The Art of Phonography; A Short-

6.49

WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK.

er Course in Munson Phonography. Ad- dress, 150 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

MUNSON, Samuel Lyman:

Manufacturer; born Huntington, Mass., June 14, 1844. Son of Garry Munson, de- scendant of Thomas Munson, one of the founders of New Haven and Harriet Lyman, descendant of Richard Lyman, one of the founders of Hartford. Re- ceived academic education at Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass., and his business education at Boston, Mass., and Albany, N. Y. Has been a manufacturer in Albany since March 1st, 1867, with branches in N. Y., Boston and San Fran- cisco, and employs nearly a thousand people. Became a trustee of the Home Savings Bank in 1885, and later vice- president; a director of the National Ex- change Bank in 1890; trustee of the Madi- son Avenue Dutch Reformed Church. Member of the Fort Orange and Country Clubs, Historical Society and the Sons of the Revolution and various Masonic bod- ies in Albany; and of the Colonial, Re- publican and Arkwright Clubs in New York, and a member of the New England Founders and Patriots and American IIis- toric Preservation Societies. Member of the advisory board of the U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co., of Baltimore. Author of papers on Moki Land, its people and their ceremonies and also on The Last Cruise of the Madiana. Was a presidential elector of 1900. Elected 1905, Regent Phillip Livingston Chapter, Sons of the Revolution. Address, Albany, N. Y.

MURPHY, Charles F .:

Leader of Tammany Hall; born N. Y. City, June 20. 1858. Received a public school education. Became leader of the Eighteenth Assembly District after the death of Senator Hogan; has served four years as Commissioner of Docks at N. Y. 'Since 1902 has been leader of Tammany Hall. In 1903 caused the election of George B. McCleelan as Mayor of N.º Y. ‘City. Address, 309 East 17th St., N. Y. City.

MURPHY, Edward, Jr .:

Ex-U. S. Senator; born Troy, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1836; was educated at St. John's College, Fordham; mayor of Troy, 1875- :83; chairman Democratic State Commit- tee of N. Y., 1887-95; delegate to National Democratic Convention of 1880, 1884 and 1888, and chairman of the delegation in 1892; U. S. Senator, 1893-99. Address, Troy, N. Y.

MURPHY, Paul St. C .:

Colonel, United States Marine Corps; born N. Y. Appointed from N. Y. Com- missioned as Second Lieutenant, Jan. 27, 1873; Headquarters, Marine Corps, Wash- ington, 1873; Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, N. Y., 1873; frigate Colorado, North Atlantic Station. 1873-75; Marine Bar- racks, Navy Yard, Boston, 1875; receiv- ing-ship Ohio, Navy Yard, Boston, 1875; receiving-ship Wabash, Navy Yard, Bos- ton, 1875-78; Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, 1878; training-ship Minne- sota, 1878-79; corvette Wachusett, special cruise, Mississippi River, South Atlantic and Pacific Stations, 1879-82. Commis- sioned First Lieutenant, April 18, 1880; Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Philadel- phia, 1882-83; flagship Hartford, Pacific Station. 1883; Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1883-85; frigate Oma- ha, Asiatic Station. 1885-88; frigate Pen- sacola, North Atlantic Station, 1888; Ma- rine Barracks, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1888-89; special duty, Universal Exhibi- tlon, Paris, France, 1883; Marine Bar- racks. Navy Yard, Philadelphia, 1889- 90; Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Ports- mouth, N. H., 1890; receiving-ship Ver- mont, Navy Yard, N. Y., 1890-91; cruiser Atlanta, Squadron of Evolution, 1891-93. Commissioned Captain, March 16, 1893; commanding Marine Detachment, Camp Herbert, Naval Exhibit, World's Colum- bian Exposition, Aug. 4 to Nov. 30, 1893; commanding School of Application, and Marine Barracks, Headquarters, Marine Corps, 1894-96; armored cruiser Brooklyn, 1896-99, special cruise, flagship Brooklyn, Rear Admiral J. N. Miller, Queen's Jubi- lee, 1897; Fleet Officer of Marines, flag- ship Brooklyn, Flying Squadron, Com- modore Winfield Scott Schley, war with Spain; participated in bombardment of defences of Santiago de Cuba, and in naval battle of July 3, 1898; brevetted Major for gallant conduct, naval battle, July 3, 1898. Commissioned Major, March 3, 1899; Lieutenant Colonel, 1903; com- manding Marine Barracks, Naval Train- ing Station, Newport, R. I., Nov., 1899, to 1902; Marine Barracks, Guam, April 26, 1902-03; Naval Station, Cavite, P. I., 1,03 - 1904; Commissioned Colonel, 1904. In charge of Marine Recruiting Station. Address, 109 West St., N. Y. City.

MURRAY, Ambrose Spencer, Jr .:

Lawyer; was graduated from Trinity College, Conn., 1871, and Columbia Law School, 1874. Member of firm of Murray,

650

WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK.

Bennett & Ingersoll. Receiver Dans- ville and Mount Morris R. R. Co., and director Empire City Fire Insurance Co., and Mohegan Granite Quarrying Co .; director Wyoming Coal Co. Member of Delta Psi Fraternity, Century, Univer- sity and Church Clubs, and City Bar, Down Town and Trinity Alumni Associa- tions. Residence, 247 Fifth Ave .; office, 22 William St., N. Y. City.

MURRAY, Arthur:

Major U. S. Army; born Bowling Green, Mo., April 29, 1851, of Scotch-English ancestry; son of Samuel Fenton Murray, of Loudon County, Va., Murray, and Mary Frances (Wells) of Lincoln County, Mo .; deputy county clerk, Pike County, Mo., 1869-70. Appointed cadet at U. S. Military Academy by competi- tive examination, Sept. 1, 1870; was grad- uated No. 2 in class at Academy and ap- pointed second lieutenant, First U. S. Ar- tillery, June 17, 1874; promoted to first lieutenant, First U. S. Artillery, June 14, 1878; honor graduate No. 1, in class at Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va., April 1880. Married Sarah Wetmore De Russy, daughter of General René Edouard and Helen Augusta (Maxwell) De Russy, at Fort Monroe, Va., April 29, 18%). Instruc- tor and assistant professor department of natural and experimental philosophy, U. S. Military Academy, July 1, 1881, to Aug. 28, 1886; tendered transfer to U. S. Engineer Corps, June, 1883 (declined) ; acting judge advocate, Department of the Missouri. Nov., 1887, to Aug., 1891; act- ing assistant adjutant general, Depart- ment of Dakota, Aug. to Nov., 1891; ad- mitted to Bar U. S. Circuit Court, St. Louis, Mo., 1895; appointed captain and assistant quartermaster, U. S. Army, Oct. 14, 1896 (declined); professor department military science and tactics, Yale Uni- versity, 1896-98; promoted to captain, First U. S. Artillery, Feb. 8, 1898; joined battery at Key West, Fla., on outbreak of the Spanish-American War; aide-de- camp to General James H. Wilson, and acting judge advocate of the First Army Corps and of the Department of Matan- sas, Cuba, Jan. to May, 1899; assistant to the judge advocate general U. S. Army, Washington, D. C., May to Aug., 1899, appointed colonel Forty-third Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, Aug. 17, 1899; on out-post duty with regiment, Manilla. P. I., Jan., 1900; present at captures of Calhayog and Catbalogar, Samar, P. I., Jan. 28 and 29, 1900; in command of shore forces at cap- ture of Tacloban, Leyte, P. I., Feb. 1,

[1900; commanding district of Samar and Leyte, Feb., 1900, and sub-district of Leyte, Department of Albay and Catan- duanes, P. I., March to June, 1900; in command at battle and capture of Hilon- gas, Leyte, P. I., May 6, 1900; command- ing First District. Department of the Visayas, June, 1900, to June, 1901; recom- mended for appointment as brigadier- general, U. S. Volunteers, by department and division commanders, for "exception- ally meritorious field service and duties," May 1, 1901; appointed major and judge advocate, U. S. Army, May 22, 1901 (de- clined); appointed major Artillery Corps, U. S. Army, Aug. 22, 1901; detailed as commandant of the School of Submarine Defense, Fort Totten, N. Y., and as presi- dent of the Torpedo Board, Oct. 8, 19u1; detailed as member of Board of Engineers U. S. Army, "in addition to other duties," July, 1903; in charge submarine mine de- fense of Eastern entrance, Long Island Sound, and of Portland Harbor, Me., dur- ing army and navy maneuvers, 1902 and 1903. Honorary member of Berzelius So- ciety, Yale University, and member of Association of Graduates, U. S. Military Academy; member of First U. S. Artillery Mess, West Point Mess, Fort Monroe Club, Graduates Club, New Haven, Conn., and Army and Navy Club, N. Y. Author: A Manual for Courts-Martial, U. S. Army; Mathematics for Artillery Gunners; and Manual of Arms, Adapted to the Spring- field Rifle (calibre .45). Address, Fort Totten, N. Y.

MURRAY, Charles H .:

Lawyer; born San Francisco, Jan. 2, 1855; was graduated from Mt. Pleasant Academy, 1872; studied law, admitted to Bar, 1876. Republican leader Eighth Assembly District; president Lincoln League; executive member Republican Committee; chairman Ninth Congress- ional Committee; member Republican State Committee, 1894-96, 1902-04; 1904- 06; member Republican State Committee, 1904-05; delegate Republican National Convention, 1892, 1896, 1900, 1904; Repub- lican State Convention, 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898, 1900, 1902; 1904, president Republican County Committee, 1904; has been Republican candidate for assembly; for district attorney, Co. of N. Y., 1883; counsel to U. S. marshal, 1877; supervisor of census, 1890; special assitant U. S. dis- trict attorney, 1892; police commissioner, N. Y. City, 1897; aqueduct commissioner, quarantine commissioner, N. Y., 1901- 05; Judge of the Court of Claims, N. Y.

651

WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK.

State, 1905 to 1910; member Society Co- | spot. lonial Wars (charter member, deputy- governor general), Sons Revolution, S. A. R., Society of Foreign Wars (charter member), Society War 1812 (charter mem- ber, judge advocate-general), Loyal Le- gion, St. Nicholas Society, Huguenot So- ciety, N. Y. Athletic Club, Republican Club. Residence, Hotel Seymour, 50 West 45th St .; office, 115 Broadway, N. Y. City. MURRAY, Francis W., M. D .:

Surgeon; born Goshen, N. Y .; A. B. Yale, 1877; M. D. College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1880. Member Academy of Medicine, Clinical Society and Surgical Society; attending surgeon N. Y. Hospi- tal and St. Luke's Hospital. One of the ten ablest surgeons at present in practice in N. Y. City. Member of University, City and Rockaway Hunt Clubs. Address, 32 West 38th St., N. Y. City.

MURRAY, George Wewood:

Lawyer; born March 8, 1856, Edinburgh, Scotland; son of Wewood Murray; was graduated from Columbia Law School, 1876. Member of firm of Howland & Mur- ray. Admitted to the Bar 1877. Director Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines, Bessemer Steamship Co., Wisconsin Steel Co., and Lawyers' Surety Co. Member of Montclair (N. J.) Club and City and State Associations of the Bar. Resi- dence, 77 Mountain Ave., Montclair, N. J .; office, 35 Wall St., N. Y. City. MURRAY, James B .:

Lawyer; educated in U. S., Paris and Dresden; attended Columbia College, and was graduated from Columbia Law School 1875. Married Miss Alma P. Van de Bo- gart in 1902. Admitted to the Bar, 1875. Member of City Club. Address, 19 Dud- ley Place, Yonkers.

MURRAY, Lindley, Jr .:

President of Empire City Fire Insur- ance Co .; born Brooklyn, N. Y., Jan. 25, 1846. Son of Lindley and Fanny Talman Murray. Descended from Mary Lindley Murray, mother of Lindley Murray, the grammarian, and of whom history records the credit of having, during the American Revolution, saved General Israel Putnam and his army of 4,000 men from destruc- tion by a much superior force under the British Generals Howe, Clinton, Cornwal- lis and Governor Tyron, whom she de- layed by entertaining at her house on 'Murray Hill" near the corner of 37th St. and Park Ave., N. Y .; thus enabling Gen- eral Putnam to escape with his force, which only a short time before passed the

Married, Jan. 15, 1868, Sarah, daughter of William B. McCay, of Bath, N. Y. Entered the business of Fire In- surance in July, 1861, and has been con- tinuously in the same company since then, and its president since Jan., 1885. Is treasurer of the N. Y. Board of Fire Underwriters, and has been such since 1890; also president of Fire Insurance Sal- vage Corps of Brooklyn. Member of the Hamilton Club. Residence, Brooklyn; of- fice, 61 William St., N. Y. City.

MURRAY, Linwood A .:

Electrical and mechanical engineer; born Sept. 3, 1873, in Washington, Me .; was graduated from Cornell University, 1894; secretary and treasurer of Murray Manufacturing Co. Member of Cornell University Club and a Mason. Address, Tottenville, S. I., N. Y.

MURRAY, Robert Dorsey :

Lawyer; born Nov. 3, 1863, Gardiner, Me .; was graduated from Columbia Uni- versity, A. B., 1885, and LL. B., 1887; director Ann Arbor R. R. Co. Member of University, University Athletic and Rich- mond Hill Golf Clubs, Ardsley, Casino and City Bar and Columbia Alumni Associa- tions. Residence, 64 W. 45th St .; office. 30 Broad St., N. Y. City.

MURRAY, Russell:

Importer; was graduated from Trinity College (Conn.), 1873; director Gould- Mersereau Co. Member of Delta Psi Fra- ternity, Union and University Clubs and Sons of Revolution. Residence, 10 West 11th St .; office, 100 Grand St., N. Y. City.

MUSCHENHEIMER, William C .:

Proprietor of the N. Y. Hotel Astor, Longacre Square, N. Y. City. Address, Hotel Astor, N. Y. City.

MYER, Albert James:

Lawyer; born Aug. 15, 1862, N. Y. City; son of General Albert J. Myer, Chief Sig- nal officer, U. S. Army; prepared at St. Paul's School, Garden City, L. I .; was graduated from Hobart College, B. S., 1884, and attended Harvard Law School; adjutant 3rd Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers in Spanish-American War; aide-de-camp, with rank of colonel, military staff of governor. Member Kappa Alpha Frater- nity, Buffalo and Saturn Clubs, Army and Navy Club of N. Y. City, Sons of Revo- lution, Holland Society, Society of Colo- nial Wars, Military Order of Loyal Le- gion, Harvard Alumni Association and Naval and Military Order of Spanish- American War. Residence, Lake View, Erie Co., N. Y .; office, Buffalo, N. Y.

652

WHO'S WHO IN NEW YORK.

MYER, Albert L .:

Colonel, U. S. Army; born N. Y. City, Nov. 14, 1846. Appointed from the army. Private Co. F. Third Battery, Eleventh Infantry and sergeant and quarter- master-sergeant Co. F., Twenty-ninth Infantry, Oct. 26, 1865, to June 11, 1868; Second Lieutenant Twenty-ninth Infan- try, Dec. 6, 1867; transferred to Eleventh Infantry, April 25th, 1869; First Lieuten- ant, June 28, 1878; Captain, Dec. 8, 1886; Major, March 2, 1899; Lieutenant-Colonel, Twenty-seventh Infantry, April 22, 1901; Colonel, 1903. Address, Fort D. A. Rus- sell, Wyoming.

MYERS, George Lawrence:

Banker and broker; born Feb. 22, 1872, N. Y. City; son of Theodore Walter Myers and Rosalie Hart Myers; was pre- pared at Drisler School and was graduated from Columbia University, 1893. Married Mable Shaw. Member firm of Theodore W. Myers & Son, members of N. Y. Stock Exchange; lieutenant, 12th Regiment, N. G., N. Y .; treasurer and director, National Electric Car Lighting Co. Member Man- hattan, Democratic, N. Y. Athletic and Rockaway Hunt Clubs, Society of War of 1812 and Columbia University Alumni As- sociation. Residence, 40 West 38th St .; office, 20 Broad St., N. Y. City.

MYERS, Theodore W .:

Banker and broker; born N. Y. City, Jan. 11, 1844. Son of Lawrence Myers, a prominent merchant. Received a pre- paratory training for college at schools in N. Y. City, and also in France and Germany, but ill health obliged him to give up a collegiate course, and he turned his attention to business, becoming in 1864 a clerk in the banking house of Pol- hemus & Jackson. After a few years' ex- perience in this establishment he became a member of the firm of Camblos & Myers, later continuing in business for some years under his own name. This was followed by a period of connection, as special partner, with the banking house of M. E. De Rivas & Co., and by a year or two of travel abroad, after which, in 1884, he organized the banking house of Theodore W. Myers & Co., of which he continues the head, doing business with branches in Boston, Philadelphia, Balti- more, Chicago and other cities. During the Civil War he was active in organiz- ing the Sickles Brigade, in which he served for a time as captain of its Third Regiment. For many years afterward was connected with the City Guard, and later became an officer in the Ninth Regiment

of the New York State National Guard. Politically is a Democrat. In 1884 took a leading part in the Presidential campaign, organizing the Cleveland and Hendricks Stock Exchange Campaign Club, and ar- ranging for the great down-town Demo- cratic rally, held on the steps of the Sub-treasury building in Wall Street. In May, 1887, was appointed by Mayor Hewitt a member of the Park Commis- sion, and was elected treasurer of that board. In the fall of the same year elected Comptroller on Democratic ticket by over forty-five thousand plurality. In 1890 elected to same office by all parties- Republican, Tammany and County Dem- ocracy, receiving two hundred and seven thousand and eleven out of a total of two hundred and thirteen thousand one hun- dred and ninety-nine votes. He declined further nomination. Later unanimously elected president of the Business Men's Democratic Association of N. Y. City. Among the many results of his adminis- tration may be cited his successful plac- ing of the first loan ever made by a municipality at the low rate of two and a half per cent. Over $14,000,000 of bonds were issued at this rate, most of them being sold at a substantial premium. In 1870, Mr. Myers married Miss Rosalie Hart, a grand-daughter of Bernard Hart, a prominent merchant and citizen of fifty years ago. They have one son, a graduate of Columbia College, and a mem- ber of the banking firm. Mr. Myers has always been a liberal patron of the arts, and is a member of the Manhattan, New York, Rockaway Hunt, National Hunt, Democratic, N. Y. Yacht, Reform, N. Y. Athletic, Thirteen, and other clubs; of the Historical and Geographical Societies, and of a number of musical societies, and is a familiar and favorite figure in the social circles of the Metropolis. In 1898 became head of the banking firm of Theo- dore Myers & Son, N. Y. City. Residence, 21 West 46th St .; office, 20 Broad St., N. Y. City.

Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.

Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 119

Author: Publication date: 1904- Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc. Number of Pages: 1100

Author:
Publication date: 1904-
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc.
Number of Pages: 1100